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Video: Brody Grant Explains How THE OUTSIDERS Cast Makes Him Better Every Day
May 21, 2024
In this video, watch as Tony nominee Brody Grant chats about how he is inspired by his fellow nominees, why his The Outsiders cast means so much to him, and so much more.
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You are Tony nominee, my friend
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You got a Tony pin on. I got a Tony pin on. I got a Tony pin on
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So when they pinned you on, like, what went through your mind? Was there anything? What was happening
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I was just like, I can't believe I'm getting this pin. I can't believe it. Such a dope pin
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I'm going to wear it a lot. I love it. Is it so surreal
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You literally just opened. You have this glorious opening night, rave reviews, and now the Tonys are here and you're nominated. Yeah
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It's a gift. I mean, I can't say thank you enough to the people that got me there
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I mean, this is the flood of texts from friends and family and just everyone from my past
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who has helped me get to this moment. The thanks, I can't share enough
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What's made this show so special for you? It's really the first show that I've ever gotten to do where I stay on that stage
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I just don't leave and I go on like 15 minutes before the show starts, you know, and I'm
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writing and I'm journaling and I'm getting a chance to write poetry or reflect on my
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day or really journalize Ponyboy. That is a gift, you know, because it means I get to have a special connection with this
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audience, this New York audience, which I've dreamed of performing for, for a long time
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And then also getting to go on the ride with them, look and gaze and admire my fellow cast
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mates and crew mates and just like kind of be in awe of what they do
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I mean, these people are the outsiders from the top down. I mean, we're artists, you know, we just we really are in there, you know, we love it
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And it's a beautiful thing to witness. I get to not only share my stuff, but I also get to share with everyone, you know, and
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gaze upon what they're doing and be inspired by them. They keep me on my toes
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They keep me hungry to become better and better and better every day
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And I'm serious. I mean, that hasn't stopped. You know, this is a big day
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Everybody is here. Is there someone like, I hope I bump into this person? Oh, my gosh
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Well, I kind of got to bump into them. I mean, I really want to bump into the other two, but just fellow nominees, Brian Darcy
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James and Eddie Redmayne, I've gotten to see and give them my thanks, you know, because
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I mean, all those guys, their work has inspired me. The Les Mis movie, Shrek the musical, which was on Netflix, really brought me and my sister
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together that like made us close, you know. And so the fact that they were a part of those projects, Dorian was a voice of so many of
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the Marvel cartoons that I grew up watching with my dad, like Jonathan Groff
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I mean, Melchior is still one of my dream roles that I want to play. You know, I kind of feel like playing Pony Boy is like my chance to kind of do that kind
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of thing, which is a beautiful gift, you know. But I mean, them, because I am truly like I'm honored to be on that list with them
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Like they're like they are gangsters. They are really good at what they do and I admire them
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And they I thank them for, you know, giving me the courage and inspiring me to to to be
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here, you know
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