But a movie based on the wildly popular ... and Jefferson are played by the same actor. Both Lafayette (a swarthy French buddy of Hamilton) and founding father Jefferson are sassy and fun parts ...

Hamilton breakout star Daveed Diggs refuses to watch the Disney+ movie version of the hit play. Portrayer of both Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, for which he won a Tony Award in 2016 ...

DIGGS: (As Lafayette, rapping ... it's a perfectly valid and artistically creative way to do it. But this new "Hamilton" movie provides another option, one that may, in time, prove revolutionary.

Unlike movie musicals such as "Les Miserables ... Original cast members appearing include Miranda as Hamilton, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Renee Elise Goldsberry ...

It offers that team at the peak of their powers, with Daveed Diggs spitting out Lafayette’s rhymes of “Guns and Ships” at lightning speed, and Phillipa Soo taking Eliza Hamilton’s ...

The “Hamilton” movie, which launches July 3 ... The movie stars Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson; Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler; Jonathan Groff as ...

In February, "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda first announced that the movie would be hitting theaters ... Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Christopher Jackson ...