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The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

#284: Leslie Bowman // Hamilton London's Original Charles Lee // Part Two

The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Gillian Pensavalle

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4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In part two West End's Leslie Garcia Bowman gives advice to his younger self, discusses what art is inspiring him now, recalls his first time seeing Hamilton, and what comes next.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Stage and Stages, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilkast.

0:18.0

Hello friends, I'm Jillian, welcome back to The Hamilkast.

0:20.6

This is part two of my conversation with the West End's original Charles Lee,

0:24.3

Leslie Garcia Bowman. If you missed episode 283, definitely check that out first.

0:28.8

Leslie talks about busking in the streets to raise the money to study in London,

0:32.2

walks us through his Hamilton audition process, talks about dancing with broken bones,

0:36.1

which I really do not recommend, and Leslie recounts getting through the eight show weeks

0:40.4

by clowning around with the rest of the cast. So if you're all caught up, I'll leave you to it.

0:44.4

Here's part two of my conversation with Leslie Bowman, which may or may not be for the faint of heart.

0:49.4

Enjoy!

0:58.8

I find that whenever I hurt myself, I just keep it low-key.

1:03.1

Leslie. I got hit by a car on Saturday before doing a double show day.

1:07.9

Wait a second.

1:12.1

Yeah. A few days show in Hamilton, you got hit by a car?

1:15.7

No, no, no, no, no, this is obviously the other day.

1:18.3

Leslie, are you serious? Look, I'm reacting this way because I too have been hit by a car,

1:25.2

not recently, but it has happened to me. It was terrifying.

1:29.1

Yeah, it was my own fault, so I was just like, ah.

1:32.2

Are you okay? Like what?

1:33.8

Yeah, I'm fine, yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

1:35.9

I was just like, are you Leslie fine or are you like?

1:38.8

No, I was sore for a few days. My foot was purple and my other leg was, I was limping.

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