Deadline is reporting that Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge, The Social Network, The Amazing Spider-Man) will star in tick, tick…BOOM!, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Netflix adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s (Rent) autobiographical Off-Broadway show.
Inspired by the young playwright’s towering ambition, Garfield will play Jon in the musical.
The young man is feeling pressure from his girlfriend Susan, who is tired of continuing to put her life on hold for Jon’s career aspiration.
Larson posthumously won three Tony Awards for Rent, a show that enjoyed a dozen-year run to become the 11th longest-running show in Broadway history.