Amy Adams Joins the Cast of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie
Universal Pictures’ adaption of the musical Dear Evan Hansen has just added Amy Adams to their star-studded cast.
Universal, which recently announced the casting of Amandla Stenberg, has revealed that Adams will be portraying Cynthia Murphy, the mother of Zoe and Connor Murphy. Booksmart‘s Kaitlyn Dever is set to play Adam’s on-screen daughter, Zoe.
Amy Adams will join the #DearEvanHansen movie https://t.co/GTwoc2iAnV
— Variety (@Variety) August 28, 2020
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) is directing the project and it will be written by Steven Levenson, who wrote the book for the stage musical.
Ben Platt, who played the role of Evan Hansen in the original broadway cast, is also rumored to be reprising his role for the film. Dear Evan Hansen is a Tony-winning production, bringing in a total of six of the prestigious awards in 2017.
Adams, who is best known for her outstanding performance in 2016’s Arrival, is not a stranger to the musical world. In 2007, the actress appeared in the Disney musical movie Enchanted and even performed a few songs for the role.
Fans of the musical have been keeping an eye out for casting announcements, and Adams quickly rose to the top of Twitter’s trending topics as soon as the news was published.
AMY ADAMS AND KAITLYN DEVER PLAYING MOTHER AND DAUGHTER EXACTLY pic.twitter.com/4Zp8Abr0Wm
— gillian (@camillespreaker) August 28, 2020
Lovers of the musical are sharing their amazing reactions to Adams’ casting.
Amy Adams is in the Dear Evan Hansen movie and I am overwhelmed and teary and sweating a little bit
— joey (@joeybranca) August 28, 2020
We are excited to see who else joins this talented cast and are so glad Adams will be joining the film. To keep up with Dear Evan Hansen and other musical related news, follow @playbill on Twitter.
