Softee guy (Christopher Jackson).
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Of course, that specific casting and pairing is an easter egg in itself…
The Piragua vs Mr Softee rivalry is a bromance in disguise
Hamilton fans know Chris Jackson famously played George Washington in the original Broadway cast (and the filmed version) And Lin Manuel/In the Heights fans know that Jackson also originated the Benny[...]
Christopher Jackson Archives
Sanjay Gupta, Christopher Jackson, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie, John Legend, Lucy Liu, Olivia Munn, John Oliver, Rosie Perez, Questlove, Chrissy Teigen, and Usher Stevie Wonder will perform his re-imagined version of "Sesame Street" classic "Sunny Days" for the documentary.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson are the real-life Hamilton and Washington
In a case of art very much drawing from life, Miranda wrote the part of Washington for his friend Christopher Jackson and wrote much of their close friendship into the roles Washington and Hamilton were indeed very close to one another, and the emotion of[...]
Williams, Vera Farmiga, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood, Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Omar Dorsey, Adepero Oduye, Famke Janssen, Aurora Perrineau, William Sadler, Jharrel Jerome, Jovan Adepo, Aunjanue Ellis, Kylie Bunbury, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Storm Reid, Chris Chalk, Freddy Miyares, Justin Cunningham, Ethan Herisse, Caleel Harris, Marquis Rodriguez, and Asante Blackk set for Netflix's limited series.
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Williams, Vera Farmiga, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood, Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Omar Dorsey, Adepero Oduye, Famke Janssen, Aurora Perrineau, William Sadler, Jharrel Jerome, Jovan Adepo, Aunjanue Ellis, Kylie Bunbury, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Storm Reid, Chris Chalk, Freddy Miyares, Justin Cunningham, Ethan Herisse, Caleel Harris, Marquis Rodriguez, and Asante Blackk set for[...]