Jordan Fisher and Vanessa Hudgens have been friends for years now and if he says that this is the moment that everyone will be talking about, we believe him.
Both the actors are starring in Rent: Live this weekend and in a new interview with People, Jordan revealed that fans will be blown away by Vanessa as Maureen.
“You’ve never seen a Maureen like this,” Jordan teased. “She is tackling this and giving is a different kind of life in a way that I’ve never seen.”
He continued, “Her ‘Over the Moon’ [performance] will probably be the most tweeted about moment of the show.”
Vanessa opened up about her performance with USA Today, saying that “it’s very abstract. But I think the way that me and Michael (Greif) have been exploring it makes a lot of sense to me, and hopefully will make a lot more sense to everybody watching.”
She adds, “Everything kind of comes to a pause and it’s just me on that stage, and it has to be worth it. It’s a lot of pressure, and I remember the first few times doing it I was terrified, and sweating uncontrollably.”
Vanessa also spoke to THR about the duo’s friendship going into a second live production together.
“I feel like we both have such a love for musical theater and a love for Rent even before we came to it, [and] it really just translates,” she shared. “Also the fact that we have a relationship already and Maureen and Mark have had a relationship in the past — it all goes hand in hand. It all works perfectly.”
Rent: Live, a three-hour musical event, will air Sunday, January 27th @ 8PM ET/PT on Fox.