Lindsay Mendez Says She'll Miss Daniel Radcliffe & Jonathan Groff When 'Merrily We Roll Along' Closes | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Lindsay Mendez talks about how much she'll miss Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe when 'Merrily We Roll Along' closes at the Tony Awards. Plus, she shares what she's learned about Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff while working with them.

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00:00Congratulations on your Tommy nomination. What are the emotions going through your

00:03mind right now? Oh man I'm just I'm like filled with a lot of gratitude that we

00:07made it here, that our show has been so loved and and that we're all three here

00:14together. I'm also really pregnant so to still be doing the show and be here

00:18congratulations. Thank you so much. So there's a lot to be grateful for tonight

00:23for me. Yeah of course and I know the show is coming to a close pretty soon.

00:27What is that a bittersweet moment for you? Is there a particular part or song

00:31or moment from the show that you're gonna miss? The whole thing already today

00:35we were like in tears multiple times. I mean we're just the three of us have

00:38gotten so close and the show is about this long friendship and we've built our

00:44own and yeah it's just it's a it's it's it's really woven deep within us so um I

00:51don't know if I can pick a specific moment the whole thing is just it's

00:55gonna be tough to say goodbye to. Yeah and I love the friendship between you

00:59Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe. Is there something about those two that

01:03you've come to learn by being a part of this production that maybe not a lot of

01:06people know? Man um well Dan's always ready really early. He's like like ready

01:13before I even get to the theater sometimes and yeah he's always like well

01:19you never know the show could start early which is just lol and Jonathan

01:25he loves to laugh on stage and doesn't care if he's not supposed to be laughing

01:30and that I didn't know that about him until I worked with him but um it's

01:35irritating because he always gets away with it and I feel like I can't do that

01:39but Jonathan somehow can. He's one of a kind that guy is yes they both are they

01:44both are. And finally I want to say it's of course a big night for the stage

01:48what's a piece of advice that you would give to young performers or artists that

01:52are watching tonight and hoping for their chance at Broadway as well? I

01:56would say you know watch and be inspired but like really dig into who you are as

02:04an artist and don't be afraid to be different. I mean I think I struggled at

02:10the beginning with kind of figuring out where my place is in this industry and

02:14finally I was like oh I can't be anyone else I have to be myself and that I

02:18think has been the key to like why I keep working because I think I've just

02:23kind of carved my own path and I think that's what you have to do as an artist

02:26even though it feels difficult to kind of claim that power but I think that's

02:31the key so. Thank you so much for your words

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