Okay, so mayyyyyyybe I was wrong and Mike Faist is actually awesome in "West Side Story"? I dunno why he didn't work for me the first time around but it was much different on a second viewing. And unrelated, but I had no idea he was also the OG Broadway Connor Murphy. 💙
Discussed in-depth on Episode 302 of the Feelin' Film Podcast
"None of us would be here if any of us believed we had anywhere else to be."
I'll preface this by saying that I'm no super-fan of the original, though I certainly like and respect it. But since many, many are, I feel it's important to just go ahead and call that out upfront. It also means that I don't have a particular attachment to the characters and way things were done before, though. I was open to something fresh.…