Live! with Kelly & Michael: Aaron Tveit
The dapper Aaron Tveit is a triple threat. He’s conquered stage and the big screen, but now he’s making waves in the USA Network’s Graceland. He danced out today in a gray suit and shorter hair cut. I have to say I missed his stylish pompadour, but Kelly Ripa loved it.
Aaron Tveit taught Michael Strahan how to leg wrestle and talked about starring in Graceland and singing at the Academy Awards with the Les Miserables cast.CarlaVanWagoner / Shutterstock.com
“Has anyone ever told you, you smell like Neil Patrick Harris?” she said seriously.
Tveit laughed and said it’s all the hair stuff they use on Live! with Kelly & Michael.
Aaron Tveit Touring with Rent & Les Miserable Academy Awards Performance
Michael Strahan and Aaron Tveit met at the Academy Awards. Tveit remembers the night as being a hungry one. Wolfgang Puck was carrying around huge trays of seafood and he was starving before singing with the Les Miserables cast. Tveit said that performing at the Oscars was like performing at the Tony Awards, which he has done twice.
Going back to the beginning, Aaron Tveit’s first role was touring with the cast of Rent. He later went on to be directed by Neil Patrick Harris at the Hollywood Bowl in Rent.
“Maybe that’s when I caught his scent?” Tveit said.
Aaron Tveit & Michael Strahan Leg Wrestle
After a few minutes of a serious interview, Michael Strahan and Aaron Tveit decided to leg wrestle. Being a big fan of Tveit, this was like a happy dream that you never want to wake up from. Him, on the ground, in a very compromising position… but I digress. Strahan and Tveit were both evenly matched, so they only succeeded in making each other’s hamstring hurt.
Graceland: Aaron Tveit Kicks Butt & True FBI Stories from Manhattan Beach
Playing a rookie FBI agent in Graceland, Tveit said that it starts as soon as he graduates from Quantico, the FBI training school. From 1992 to 2001, the house that they stay at in the series was a real safe house in Manhattan Beach. Michael Strahan was shocked to find this out because he lived in Manhattan Beach.
Tune in Thursdays on USA Network to see Aaron Tveit kick butt in Graceland.
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