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Watson, and Twitters reaction to him, embodied the spirit of what makes these TV musicals so fun.
We spoke to him aboutAnnie Live!,fan theories, and of course, that glorious beard.
One of the joys of live TV musicals is sharing the communal viewing experience on Twitter.
It became very clear over the course of the night that you were breaking out as a fan favorite.
When did you realize the impact you were making?It was really cool.
Early in the process, we talked about whether or not to shave my beard.
Youve done a number of Broadway shows before.
I could not handle that.
Annieis a family show; its often one of the first musicals people take their kid to see.
Whats your relationship to it?I didnt know the musical at all.
Growing up, my mother gave me a copy of the 1982 version when I was in high school.
She was like, I know you like musicals.
I was like, I like musicals, but notthiskind of musical!
I likeLes Mis!So I never actually watched it.
Theres a lot here that I feel deeply about right now.
I want to share that with my children.I hope that becomes a new version for people.
We tried to lean into it, but not too much.
Theres the line about Broadway coming back amid hard times.
And I worked myself up to be a politician.
And then I said, You know what?
I want the simple life.
I called Miss Hannigan and got my laundry business going again.
he went from the hooverville to the hot dog cart to being a presidential advisor.
There was hot dog man, there was what I call luggage cart boy.
Then Cordell Hull, then back to Bundles.
Its about a whaling ship in the late 1800s.
Are you going to do the Wellerman song from TikTok?Oh, the sea shanties?
Its not going to be dissimilar to that.
