Andrew Rannells

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 26 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Hello! His name is Andrew Rannells. And we would like to share this amazing interview. It's an interview about The Book of Mormon, a long long time ago… Rannells played Elder Price, the lead role in the original run of the smash hit musical. We get into his journey to the Broadway stage and some memorable scenes from his roles on television including HBO's Girls. A version of this interview originally aired in February of 2013.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of Maximum Fun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:26.1	It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne. Earlier this week, we heard from the great Alison Janney, star of the West Wing, I Tanya, and the new movie Love You Miss You. Next up,
0:32.0	we have Janie's Love You Miss You co-star, Andrew Reynolds. Rannels plays Jamie in the film.
0:38.2	Jamie is the assistant to a world-renowned journalist whose stepfather just died.
0:43.3	The journalist is a busy guy, too busy, it seems, to head to New Mexico to help his mom
0:48.5	deal with the fallout of that death.
0:50.9	So it falls on Jamie.
0:53.1	Rannels is great in it, just like he always is, charming,
0:56.1	handsome, a sort of unfailingly Midwestern friendliness. Maybe you saw Rannels on girls or the new
1:03.7	normal. But if you know Andrew Rennels for one thing, it was probably the part that made him.
1:09.7	Reynolds played Elder Price, the lead role in the
1:12.0	original run of the Book of Mormon, one of the biggest musicals of all time. When I talked with
1:18.4	Reynolds in 2013, we kick things off with a bit from that all-timer of a performance. In this
1:24.1	song, Elder Price has just faced a crisis of faith.
1:31.9	He reaffirms his Mormon beliefs with the showstopper, I believe.
1:38.7	I must trust that my Lord is mightier and always has my back.
1:41.8	Now I must be completely devout.
1:45.3	I can't have even one shred of doubt.
1:47.8	I believe that the Lord God created the universe.
1:52.8	I believe that he said his only son to die for my sins.
1:58.1	And I believe that ancient Jews built boats and sail to America.
2:05.4	I am a Mormon and a Mormon just believes.
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