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Anthony Ramos is opening up about the poor box office numbers for his new movie In the Heights and why he’s not disappointed by them.

The 29-year-old actor plays Usnavi in the new movie musical, which was created by his Hamilton co-star Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Box office experts had predicted that In the Heights would gross $20 million on its opening weekend, but it only brought in $11.5 million. The film has now been open for 15 days and it has grossed an estimated $22.5 million.

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Rita Moreno is apologizing for her recent comments.

Earlier this week, the 89-year-old Oscar-winning actress defended pal Lin-Manuel Miranda and director John M. Chu for not casting more dark-skinned Afro-Latinx performers in In The Heights.

“It’s like you can never do right, it seems. This is the man who literally has brought Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to America,” Rita said in defense of Lin-Manuel.

After receiving backlash, Rita took to Twitter on Wednesday (June 16) to apologize for her comments.

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Jimmy Smits is opening up about his audition process for In the Heights!

In an interview with USA Today, the 65-year-old actor said that he knew he was going to have to prove his singing chops in order to score a role in the musical.

He combed through his impressive resume in order to find some clips of himself singing and submitted videos from some unexpected shows to demonstrate his musical abilities!

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Rita Moreno is weighing in on the controversy of colorism in In The Heights.

If you didn’t see, both creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu addressed the criticism that the new film didn’t feature more dark-skinned Afro-Latinx performers.

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Just hours after Jon M. Chu opened up about Afro-Latinx representation on the screen in his new movie, In The Heights, creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is also addressing the issue of colorism.

The issue was brought up after the debut of the film, which is in theaters and streaming on HBO Max now.

Fans had revealed their grievances about not seeing more Black Latinx performers in the movie.

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Jon M. Chu is responding to accusations of “white washing” the roles of Afro-Latinx characters in the In The Heights movie.

After streaming the movie on HBO Max or seeing the new flick in theaters, many people took to social media to air some grievances about not seeing more Black Latinx performers.

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The streets are crowded these days!

Director Jon M. Chu revealed in an interview with The Wrap that In The Heights was filmed in the same spot as Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming West Side Story in Washington Heights, New York.

The two movies were both filming in the summer of 2019.

“We were right there in each other’s back some days. There was one day where their catering truck was literally in our shot and we had to go over there and be like, ‘Can you move your catering truck that way, guys, please?’” he revealed, adding that there was a “camaraderie” between the two projects.

“There was like a fun rivalry. All the dancers know each other. There was fighting over who was getting who, but at the end of the day, everyone’s working — how beautiful is it that everyone’s working? And what a great time in the musical space that two of us can exist. I love it when people are like, oh, you guys are like rivals, and you’re like, it only begs the question, why can’t there be two? Why can’t there be more than one musical about LatinX people in New York City? We need to get to that place. If it feels odd, that means something’s wrong,” he continued.

In The Heights just opened in theaters – and you’ll want to stick around for the end credits.