Jonathan Groff

I can feel myself like

Getting magnetized to those people later in life of like, ah, like working with Dan Radcliffe on Merrily.

He like, that was the, that was, I think the first time I was like, oh, I've really met my match here because this guy is,

loves to do this so profoundly.

And we formed a lifelong friendship with our friend Lindsay, really everyone in that company.

But like Dan, Dan was like sick and gripping me.

Like he like had to be out, there was like a need.

in him that I really related to and I'm finding like as time goes by and you get older like there's such a joy in the people that we started out with the ones that really want to be here are still here yes it's such a cool thing and

It's not controversial.

I, so he did, he does, um, harness racing.

So it's like the cart behind the horse.

Like you're sitting in the cart with the whip.

Oh yeah.

And so.

Yeah.

My dad is, his whole family is Mennonite.

My grandfather was a Mennonite preacher and he kind of like was expected to take over the dairy farm because he was the oldest son, but wasn't into cows.

And so pivoted to horses and got really into horse racing.

And then my mom was raised Methodist and so started going to the Methodist church because the Mennonites were not super into the gambling aspect of his career.

He wasn't shunned or anything, but just, yeah.