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>> Jordan fisher had a career
with Disney, performed in
Hamilton.
One dancing with the stars and
hosted a national primetime
show.
But this weekend he's going to
fulfill one of his longest
dreams when he plays mark,
airing live over on fox.
Is this one of your biggest
dreams?
>> It is, probably the longest,
to be honest with you.
This started the genesis of my
wanting to pursue this
It began with this show 15 years
A friend of mine gave me a boot
leg of the show, the original
cast.
I don't know how they had that,
where they put it.
And I watched it.
I watched it -- I binged it.
Watched it six times in 48
hours.
It moved me.
I had been introduced to theater
by this point.
When you get bit by that bug
it's there.
It gives you everything you need
to need seemingly in that
moment.
And mark Cohen moved me so much
as a human.
Hindsight 2020, there's a lot to
the show and one of the reasons
why really great art can
transcend, you know, across
multiple generations.
It is its ability to resonate,
there are a handful of shows in
our world and in our life that
have life and find longevity the
way they do because of the
message that it has.
We need this story right now.
Yeah, 14 years ago I had dinner
with a mentor of mine.
He said let's talk about
manifestation.
He said what's the first dream
of yours?
I want to be the first mark
Cohen of color.
>> This was --
>> 14 years ago.
>> You remember saying it?
>> I remember like it was
yesterday.
This is the first time I learned
about manifestation.
He's like, let's just put stuff
out in the universe, see it come
back, secret, you know.
And that was what I said.
It kind of came to be my turn.
He said, I want a very specific
pipe dream.
And I was -- I just fallen in
love with the show.
Mark and his nurture as a friend
to these people, somebody that
was -- the only one that was
born into privilege chose the
life of a starving artist.
One of the only ones that isn't
directly dealing with the
epidemic in the early '90s.
He was the real outsider looking
in but living in the nuclear us
simultaneously.
That moved me a lot as a kid.
>> Cool.
>> That's kind of how it
happened.
>> You've had so much success.
It's really a multifaceted
entertainer.
Does that mean more to you,
giving that pipe dream into into
the ethos, give it an extra
special kind of umph?
>> It's funny you ask in that
way.
There's a handful of answers to
that, I think.
There comes a point in time in
your life and in your career
where you go, why am I doing
why am I going to spend time on
this thing when I could be doing
other things, especially now I'm
wearing different hats and going
into production and developing
and creating, you know, the
front end of things.
Why do we need this story right
now?
Yeah, especially something like
this.
Considering that it has been
such a long-time goal, very
specific, mind you, long-time
goal playing this role and
having a very specific take on
it.
And being given the freedom by
Michael, who originally directed
the show on Broadway.
>> Lucky for us.
Wait, what are we manifesting
now?
Let's be very specific on this
day.
>> It's probably going to be
personal life things.
I'm really grateful for the
trajectory of my career and the
amount of time it's taken where
people actually give a crap what
I'm doing now.
It's given me a lot of time to
develop and hone and continue to
learn and grow as I'm trying to
do every day in my life.
I think the thing I'm
manifesting at this point is a
family.
>> I love that.
>> You know, Ellie's grate, by
the way.
That's what makes me happy.
I'm looking forward to that
aspect of my life coming
together.
Everything else that happens is
just a matter of kind of
allowing it to flow organically.
I have the next like 2 1/2 years
of my life pretty mapped out on
the career side of things.
So --
>> How nice is that?
>> Yeah, for sure.
Then there is the challenge of
juggling, you know, how do you
>> That's a great problem to
have.
>> Great problem to have.
A thousand percent.
>> You and Vanessa back again.
We saw you in Greece.
Vanessa hutch inches.
What is it, chemistry?
>> She became one of my closest
friends in Greece.
We've been fortunate enough to
do a handful of really cool
things together.
We were finishing lunch the
other day.
We need to work together all the
time because we have fun.
She's my work wife.
We get it, we understand each
other, we can lean on each other
in that way.
That really goes for a handful
of people that are part of the
show specifically.
I did Hamilton with on Broadway.
>> How about that, Hamilton on
Broadway, how cool is that?
>> You see it, it's pretty
awesome.
Keir Sten clem ons and I have
worked together for years.
Dancing with the stars family,
lighting and stage manager.
It's a real family.
It was a real family going into
it.
I could look around and go,
okay, cool, this is going to be
really special.
It's such a diverse cast.
>> I'm so excited.
>> Congratulations.
>> Thank you.
>> I appreciate it.
>> 2 1/2 year stuff, anything
you got.
>> It airs Sunday night at 8:00
on fox.
>> Up next, Shondra Wilson on