Marc Anthony told "In the Heights" director Jon M. Chu before shooting his gritty scene: "I got this. Don't worry. Just watch." He was right.

Anthony Ramos plays Usnavi in the film adaptation of In the Heights, a role Lin-Manuel Miranda originated on Broadway Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

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Ramos, he said, had the striver’s soul of a true Usnavi. “Anthony grew up repping his neighborhood hard,” Miranda said. “You can’t talk to him for five seconds without hearing about ...

So this is the amazing Anthony Ramos, who plays Usnavi, the main storyteller in our movie. And he’s just said the streets are made of music. So we had to get all these people to go to the beat.

The moment also demonstrated the sheer charisma of the ascending force that is Ramos, the 29-year-old actor of Puerto Rican descent who plays the central character, bodega owner Usnavi de la Vega.

Anthony Ramos vividly remembers the first time he saw Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed musical In the Heights on Broadway. It was 2010, ... Ramos stars as Usnavi, ...

Anthony Ramos, star of the new film adaptation of In The Heights, recently sat down with CBS Sunday Morning to chat about playing Usnavi, Latino representation in musical theatre, and much more.

In the film, the scene happens during one of Washington Heights' power cuts, and is mainly sung by characters Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) and Vanessa (Melissa Barrera), who are searching for one another.

Anthony Ramos, part of the original cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Hamilton, is in negotiations to star in In the Heights, Warner Bros‘ adaptation of Miranda’s other Tony-winning musical ...

Anthony Ramos has a lot in common with his character The 29-year-old singer admits that he saw a lot of similarities between him and the character of Usnavi. He also revealed that In the Heights ...