‘Hamilton’ Actor, Leslie Odom, Jr. Struggles Between Picking a ‘Favorite’ Disney Movie, ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Up’ Make His Top 2
With Disney movies like The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King to choose between, filling out a Disney and Pixar bracket is pretty challenging. Itās even challenging for Broadway actor and singer, Leslie Odom, Jr., who appears in the Disney+ recording of Hamilton.
Here are a few of the actors favorite movies and which movie was his top pick for Disney and Pixar flicks.Ā
For one video, actor Leslie Odom, Jr. picked some of his favorite Disney movies
Filling out a Disney and Pixar movie bracket isnāt exactly an easy task, especially when movies like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid go head to head. For one Insider YouTube video from 2018, one actor and musician was tasked with ranking his favorite movies from the studio.
At first it was easy. Some of the movies on the bracket, like Big Hero 6, the Hamilton actor had not even seen. After the first round, though, he had to start choosing between pretty popular Disney flicks.Ā
When it came down to picking between animated movies from the Disney renaissance, like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, the actor paused to reflect. One of the producers even said, āwe canāt help you.ā (He eventually chose Aladdin.)
Pixarās āUpā and Disneyās āThe Lion Kingā made his top two favorite Disney movies
After having to decide between 32 movies, Leslie Odom Jr. made his āElite 8.ā Those that made the cut were The Lion King, Moana, Up, Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, Aladdin, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Incredibles.
His Top Two favorite Disney movies in the bracket were The Lion King and Up. Although The Lion King has an award-winning soundtrack and a record-breaking photo-real adaptation, he went with Up as the best Disney and Pixar movie.
This movie features the story of adventurer Carl Fredrickson who promises his wife a trip to South America. Things get a little out of hand when a stowaway crashes his trip and he runs into a talking dog.
āEverybody knows those first 10 minutes of that movie are, like, shocking. You know what I mean? The fact that you get so invested in those characters so quickly that you completely are devastated when one of them is dead. Itās very emotional,ā he said of the movie.
Now, Leslie Odom Jr. is a part of Disneyās streaming platform
After starring on stage as Aaron Burr in the Tony award-winning musical Hamilton, this actorās performance finally made it onto Disneyās streaming platform. Just in time for the 4th of July, a live version of this stage production appeared on Disney+.Ā
The stage production of Hamilton is available for streaming on Disney+, as is Leslie Odom, Jr.ās favorite movie, Up. To learn more about Disneyās streaming platform and to subscribe, visit their website.