Ben Platt - actor/singer

The men of "Pitch Perfect" are indeed homely.

I love his body type.

I want him to sit on my face.

Eww! Kill it with fire!

Are there shirtless pics of him? I want to see his areolas.

[quote]It's a no from me.

[quote] He really doesn't do the song justice. He should leave that one to Judy. She goes from distraught to panic, to full emotional breakdown, as she sings.

Sorry, his double-chinned, doughy face is a real turn-off.

Also, he shouldn't sing that song because I'm in total sympathy with the man who got away from him.

I like his DSLs

He's really cute.

He is cute but he doesn't understand that song. It needs an adult to sing it.

Fat.

He's cute, but he's not everyone's cup of tea...

Yeah, he doesn't understand the song. And why didn't he change the pronoun from man to woman who got away?

Marc Platt's son, so no problemo "getting his foot in the door."

Halloween throwback

He's brilliant in DEH. And he's got BDF.

Bumping for his Tony win.

Here r5:

He is so my type too R2. I'd like to spoil him.

His girlfriend is so ugly.

Life partners

The girl is actually Jonah Hill's younger sister, but she's not Platt's girlfriend. She's his best fag hag.

How old is he? 5 years ago he played a college kid in Pitch Perfect and now 5 years later he's playing a high school kid? In another 5 years is he going to play a middle school kid?

He's 23 almost 24 R23

Pretty much the normal age for someone to play a high school student.

Rather execrable.

How rich is his producer father? From what I've read, he was born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. He probably used his father's connection to land roles on Brosdway.

His father had his Oscar ripped out of his hands when "Moonlight" was announced. The guys who wrote the music for "La La Land" wrote "Dear Evan Hansen". You do the math.

Boy that Feldstein girl is the poster child for fag hag! Ben and her brother. She sho' likes them fug doesn't she? Are there others? With the money she's got, she can afford plastic surgery and nothing but the best gays! Why slum GURL?

I don't know....I can get past him singing a Judy Garland song. UGH

Passed^^sorry

No ones had him though

He really DOES need to leave that song alone.

Not cute but definitely a gay face.

Is he gay? I didn't think so but the halloween pic and Man That Got Away clip seems to prove otherwise.

The double chin is not attractive. He needs to lose about 25 lbs. and he'd be a real looker.

Is she storing nuts in those cheeks for winter?

Like most reasonably attractive & higher Jewish guys he'll grow older and uglier. You can already see it here. The process has already begun. By 35 (if not sooner) he'll be bald and hideous.

R30, past not passed...

He pretty openly likes loads of gay stuff on IG. I would say glass closet status.

He's got former fat face like Jonah Hill.

First of all he's FAT . . . Secondly, he has no understanding of this song. It's a shame. Judy is fantastic but no one has ever come close that I know of.

Most of the celebs (like Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, Hugh Jackman, etc.) who have flocked backstage and sang high praises of Ben Platt's performace in DEH must have ben friends, colleagues, and one-time employees ,

[quote][R30], past not passed...

UGH, thanks

[quote]First of all he's FAT . .

I mean...this is pretty shitty. He's hardly FAT. MEANWHILE, we can hear your lisp and smell your shitty cologne through our computers.

R41 - listen to Tony Bennett's early 1960's version. A true masterpiece; it easily destroys Sinatra's vile "The Gal That Got Away"

Why would he even need to be even glass closeted? He's a theater actor who's friends with lots of openly gay actors. Is he planning a Hollywood career?

He kinda reminds me of Ted Besell.

Sir,I knew Ted Besell, and Ben Platt is no Ted Besell

[quote] The guys who wrote the music for "La La Land" wrote "Dear Evan Hansen". You do the math.

No. They wrote the LYRICS for "La La Land."

I love the click clack of silverware in the background. Yes no insight as to how to interpret the song, simply random emotions as he slip and slides across a range of notes.

His father is a well known Hollywood producer, I'm sure this helped him get the part. It should open a lot of doors on Broadway and Hollywood.

He lost a TON of weight doing DEAR EVAN HANSEN. His brother, Jonah, is hot as hell and took him to the gym. (He was a great Fiyero in WICKED) He is a cute otter who looks like he knows how to throw a good one.

His brother Jonah must have landed the Fiyero role in Wicked becsuse his father is its producer. Some people are really born lucky.

What a family

The Platt brothers never had to wait tables.

Do you know of any Broadway actor who had to struggle long before achieving success? Sarah Jessica Parker comes to mind but her success was mostly minted from TV and screen work.

How could one brother look like that and one look like THAT?? Do they have the same parents?

Wtf are you all talking about, just because he doesn't have a six pack doesn't mean he isn't fat. He's practically starving himself for this role. He is incredibly cute. Are you all this mean just because it's anonymous or are you just that superficial and shallow?

I'd say the latter.

Ben Platt is amazingly talented and sort of cute but....

But his brother is hotter

His brother is hot. But he looks like he just crawled out of a butter dish. That face looks like it's made of play-doh.

R61 it's just "baby fat"

I live outside NYC and will not have a chance to see Dear Evan Hunter in the foreseeable future. What is so demanding about the role? The staging doesn't seem to have much choreography or elaborate sets.

In a long interview by Paul Wontorek at Brodway.com, Platt said that he is pretty much a recluse after the show, hardly speaking and with minmal human contact in order to preserve his voice and wind down. He said that he has resorted bingeing on tv serials on Netflix to while a way his time.

I'm pretty sure countless Broadway performers have endured demanding and exhausting roles on Broadway performing 8 shows a week. I guess he is just not used to strenuous work due to his very privileged background.

R63 He's probably binging on his favorite junk food too.

He's a butterface, and that's being charitable.

Alex Sharp in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime" and Matthew James Thomas in the recent revival of "Pippin" had pretty demanding roles too but their performances did not garner the adoring press and celeb-love that Ben Platt got (because of his father's extensive Hollywood connections). Thomas, in the demanding physical role of Pippin, had to sing, dance, do acrobatics, and even get shot out of a cannon.

Sharp, in his acting debut, won Lead Actor in a Play (I think we was plucked straight out of Julliard to Broadway) while Thomas was nominated for Lead Actor in a Musical. In interviews, they were very appreciative of the opportunities they had gotten. These two are also better-looking than Platt. I hope to see them both back on stage, maybe on TV and screen too.

Ben Platt with family friend, Meryl Streep. His father, Marc Platt, produced Meryl's recent movie, "Ricky and the Flash".

Ben Platt with Zac Efron. Ben Platt's dad produced Efron's flop movie, "Charlie St. Cloud".

Ben Platt with Emma Stone. His dad produced Stone's "La La Land".

Ben Platt with Morgan Freeman. Ben's dad produced Freeman's "Wanted".

Freeman said that "Dear Evan Hunter" was the best musical he has ever seen and Platt's performance was one for the ages.

[quote]Dear Evan Hunter

Is this a new DL thing, like "Lens Dunham?"

[quote]Ben Platt with family friend, Meryl Streep. His father, Marc Platt, produced Meryl's recent movie, "Ricky and the Flash".

I'm surprised they're still on speaking terms.

Pass. I would do Jonathan Groff though

Why is his face so full? The rest of him looks normal but he's got fat-face.

His eyes are very close together.

Well that clinches it. The hell with him.

He looks like porn star Pierre Fitch.

His brother is gorgeous. They have the same parents and aren't half siblings or anything. Would you rather be the hot, less successful one or the Tony award winning ugly one?

[quote]Sharp, in his acting debut, won Lead Actor in a Play (I think we was plucked straight out of Julliard to Broadway) while Thomas was nominated for Lead Actor in a Musical.

LOL, Thomas wasn't nominated for Pippin.

Well, the beady eyes do go with the snubby nose and fleshy facial surround.

He's a little fat for that song

He's too hairy to play a teenager.

This would have a better choice, OP. And a better-looking accompanist.

Or this. A talented family, for sure.

[quote]First of all he's FAT . . . Secondly, he has no understanding of this song. It's a shame. Judy is fantastic but no one has ever come close that I know of.

Wait, are you saying only YOU understand the song?

[quote]How could one brother look like that and one look like THAT?? Do they have the same parents?

It's best to imitate Judy when doing this song.

Haha, R86. Great example.

Jonah is gorgeous. Henry is very cute. What the HELL happened to Ben? Even Marc for his age is good looking. Ben must've hit every branch falling out of the fugly tree! Ewww!

R89 - I think Ben is cute. I'll take him over his brother.

I think Ben Platt has peaked with DEH. I wonder what his next jig or career will be.

Will he move on from theater? Maybe movie or TV?

[quote]I wonder what his next jig or career will be.

The jig is up!

I'm not commenting on his looks but Miss Thang is quoted today in Page Six about not being able to greet fans after the show so he can "self preserve" or some tired old diva rationale. For someone so young, this is quite a pretentious twat. Guess what, darlin? If ya can't greet the fans, the fans won't be there next time. Let's see Glenn Close, Sally Field and a host of much more revered (and older) talent can greet their fans but not you??

C'mon ben is charity fuck at best!

The nozzle alone is a fuck killer!

KILL IT! KILL IT BEFORE IT escapes bitches!

I mean IT!

Not much self to preserve. Execrable singer.

r67 Ben Platt was actually in Ricki and the Flash too. He played the bartender where Meryl performs.

Shitty movie, btw. Too bad it was Demme's swan song.

He looks like Mr. Potato Head in a lot of the pictures posted above.

His brother is GORGEOUS, though. Is he on Instagram?

Adam Yaron is the cute accompanist.

He was funny in Pitch Perfect, but beautiful Skylar Astin stole all my attention.

Does Ben have his mothers looks and his brother his fathers? That would account for the difference.

I wonder if he cupped Sklyer's huge sac?

Jonah Platt is attractive. But, I would not call him gorgeous.

Watch the clip below. He has a very hairy back.

You can see Ben shirtless on his Instagram. The problem is, you can't unsee it either.

Not in a million years.

Ted Bessell on the other hand I would have done in a New York minute.

Platt boys are both hairy. Jonah is cute. Ben is talented.

Who told that fat bitch he could sing?

After viewing his showreel, pretty Jonah cannot act.

I don't know why I just found this and why no one is talking about this.

Looks like Ben nonchalantly came out in this video when talking about his first break up. At about 2:40.

The straights can have him.

Wow, he totally did. Well, okay then. I'll mention in the main 2017 thread.

Apparently Ben Platt already came out in a red carpet interview.

Link to his dedicated thread.

I think you posted in the wrong thread R112. You posted a link to this thread

Sad that Jonah would do that queeny stereotypical gay impression when he has a gay brother.

Yes R113, I fucked that up big time. I'm a mess, gurl.

You couldn't hear his Man That Got Away and NOT realize he's gay.

The comments section at r109 is full of young women complaining that he's gay and trying to convince themselves that he is bi or "pan".

Which just reinforces one of my pet theses about women - that the female psyche as a whole, and women's sexuality in particular, are extremely susceptible to social cues. If society started glamorizing hot potatoes, women would be in droves shoving 'em up their twats.

He's fugly, but it's awesome that we're now in a world where guys can casually say "he" in that context without either bearding/closeting or staging a handwringing I'm Coming Out extravaganza

r118 It's hardly new for a theater actor to be openly gay and be casual about it.

He played Young Patrick in MAME opposite Michelle Lee OF COURSE THAT MADE HIM GAY! People, please. Wake up. Read your gay card instructions.

I think he is hung thickly

You know better than that r121!

Does it matter if he's hung? As soon as THAT GURL opened her mouth l thought 'Hmm l get the strangest feeling he's NEVER fucked a man before.'

Now OTOH if you like grabbing his huge dick while you're fucking him, THAT my dear is another story!

Ben Platt on Will & Grace as Will's date

Is he gay or straight?

He's gay.

DOUGHY SHOW QUEEN

No straight man would ever sing "The Man That Got Away". Sorry. Only a gay man, and a particular kind of gay man at that, would sing that song.

I love his hag Beanie....adorable. Ben is cute and extremely talented, but it's his brother I want to mount.....yum

Ugly, fat and too much body hair.

Bump

Woah I did not see this coming. My gaydar totally FAILED with him! 😱😱

How shameful of me

R 127, that's false. Straight men sing it also.

As someone above astutely mentioned - listen to Tony Bennett's early 1960's version of The Man That Got Away. Absolutely stunning take on a classic song, Tony, who of course is straight, really gets to the heart of it.

He needs to buy a sandwich and a salad at Subway. Maybe in Chicago...

Ben Platt - "Ease My Mind"

Homely as a baboon's ass.

Sinatra sang it. It was ok.

[quote]Does it matter if he's hung?

It always matters if he's hung. Why does this need to be explained on a gay message board, r122?

R139: Maybe because not everybody is that shallow.

I find absurd when people like Platt (or Lucas Hedges) are accused of nepotism, yes they have the connection but they have the talent too.

He received a lot of praise for Dear Evan Hansen and in my opinion he deserved it

I didn't say he doesn't deserve acclaim for DEH, r140. I just hate queens like r122 who think bottoms don't need cocks, or to be hung, because they only exist to be fucked by some POS like r122.

I wasn't really talking about Ben Platt any longer.

Can't wait to see Ben Ross, btw.

R131 I really hope that was sarcasm. I pegged him as gay the first time I saw him.

I think this is the first time I've seen a guy actually look better fatter. Seriously. He looks emaciated these days, he looked good on Will & Grace. He looks so much cuter with the added weight.

R143: He looks like he was very tired (specially in the Bad Habit video), and i agree that he looked better on Will and Grace

His weight fluctuates a lot. When he reaches a certain age he'll gain it and won't be able to lose it.

R145: It won't be a problem, he has talent and he is not getting jobs for his good looks anyway

I have to say, "No."

He looks like he just swallowed Lainie Kazan whole.

[quote] He looks like he'd be a ton of fun in bed.

"Sorry. Only a gay man, and a particular kind of gay man at that, would sing that song."

A bottom. Tops would forget you as soon as you drove-off in the Uhaul.

He looks Jewish. Is he?