Will Roland — Exclusive Portraits Of The Broadway Actor

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April 19, 2019 11:14AM EDT

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Will Roland — Will Roland stops by HollywoodLife.com to talk about his new show, ‘Be More Chill,’ in which he plays Jeremy, a high schooler who takes a pill that controls his every decision. “The SQUIP represents the various factors in our life that cause us doubt and anxiety, like social media,” Will said in an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife.com. “A lot of people have also considered it as a metaphor for medication, and various anti-anxiety drugs, and I think there’s an element of that, and I think that is a lot of what the original novel was about. But, I think that our show is a little bit more about Siri, and Facebook, and Alexa and all that sort of stuff, and how much of that do we let into our lives, and what does it do to us when we just continue to feed it information.”

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Will Roland — Will Roland went from Broadway’s ‘Dear Evan Hanson,’ where he was part of the Original Broadway Cast, to originating the role of Jeremy Heere in ‘Be More Chill.’ “I was in Dear Evan Hanson for a very long time and that show presents its complex, moral message in a very earnest way,” he said. “The thing that I love about Be More Chill, is that it presents its moral message in a much more convoluted, sneaky, subliminal way.”

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Will Roland — Will Roland stops by HollywoodLife.com to talk about his new show, ‘Be More Chill,’ in which he plays Jeremy, a high schooler who takes a pill that controls his every decision.

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Will Roland — “I want to spend my whole career creating new exciting work, and new exciting characters, and Be More Chill is very much the most exciting, new entry in that,” Will said of his new role.

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Will Roland — Jason Tam plays the role of the SQUIP in ‘Be More Chill,’ which controls Jeremy’s (Will Roland) every decision.

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Will Roland — Will Roland’s Jeremy is a high schooler who feels out of place & uncomfortable with himself, while his best friend Michael (George Salazaar) is accepting of both of their weirdness.

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Will Roland — ‘Be More Chill’ is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini.

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Will Roland — ‘Be More Chill’ first hit the stage in a regional production in NJ in 2015, but didn’t make it to the Broadway stage until fans caught wind of the cast soundtrack!

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Will Roland — Will Roland auditioned for the role of Michael for the 2015 production in New Jersey, but didn’t get the part.

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Will Roland — Will Roland stops by HollywoodLife.com to talk about his new show, ‘Be More Chill,’ in which he plays Jeremy, a high schooler who takes a pill that controls his every decision.

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Will Roland — “It is a fully realized, heartful, artistic endeavor that is also a lot of fun,” Will says of ‘Be More Chill.’

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