On the day he was asked to submit a tape of himself for the role of Boq, Slater was playing the part of actor Christopher Fitzgerald's identical twin in a table read for a potential musical. Fitzgerald originated the role of Boq in "Wicked" on Broadway.
"I didn't tell him about it 'cause I didn't want to explain when I didn't get it," admitted Slater.
Instead, he marked the occasion by asking Fitzgerald to take a selfie with him for seemingly no reason, which he still has.
After getting the job, Slater was determined to master the delicate dance of keeping the essence of Fitzgerald in a role that was now his. "I look up to him so much," Slater said of Fitzgerald. "I wanted to honor the Boq he created who's just, like, a burst of energy. But I also wanted to make him my own because I could never be Chris Fitzgerald. He's too singular and too amazing. It would be a fool's errand to try to be him."
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