Lin-Manuel Mirandagot a blast from the past when he ran into newly crowned Emmy winnerJharrel Jeromeat the awards show.
On Monday morning, theHamiltonstartweeted out a selfiefrom theEmmy Awardsof himself and Jerome, whowon the statuetteon Sunday night for outstanding lead actor for his role inWhen They See Us. In the caption, Miranda revealed that unbeknownst to him initially, the two men had actually met before.
“I meet the brilliant @JharrelJerome, who looked SO familiar in @ava’s heartbreaking work of art, @WhenTheySeeUs. He tells me, ‘I don’t know if you remember me, but you came to my high school performance ofIn The Heights, I played Usnavi,'” wrote Miranda, 39.
And thanks to another Twitter user, there was video evidence from five years ago of Miranda watching Jerome belt out tunes from his acclaimed Broadway musical.
“YESSS this is the video of one of the rehearsals when you visited them!!!!” the Twitter user wrote, to which Miranda replied, “Oh my god yeah there we are” with a crying emoji.
Jerome’s victory on Sunday night marked the first time that the young actor was nominated and won an Emmy Award — and hefought back tearswhile accepting his award on stage.
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“I feel like I should just be in the Bronx right now chilling, waiting for my mom’s cooking or something, but I’m here in front of my inspirations,” Jerome began. He then thanked his parents and family before dedicating his win to the Exonerated Five.
“Of course Ava [DuVernay], thank you for giving me this opportunity,” the first-time Emmy winner said. “Most importantly, this is for the men that we know as the Exonerated Five,” who were in the audience.
As Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise stood at Jerome’s dedication, they received a standing ovation from many members of the audience.
Jharrel Jerome as Korey Wise onWhen They See Us.Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix
The Bronx native portrays Wise in the four-part series, which tells the true story about five Black and Latino teens who were wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in 1989, eventually referred to as the Central Park Five, or the Exonerated Five.
The actor’s breakthrough role came back in 2016, when he starred as the teen version of Kevin inMoonlight, alongside fellow category nominee, Ali.
source: people.com
