Who says video games never taught anyone anything? According to Hamilton creator and Moana composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, he couldn’t have learned how to navigate Los Angeles nearly as quickly without the help of years of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas under his belt.
In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the late-night host asked Miranda, a native New Yorker who lives in upper Manhattan, how he gets around when he visits LA.
"I had a weird experience with that! The first time I came here was to do an acting job on TV and my now wife, then girlfriend, I had to pick her up at the airport in a rental car and I took a weird turn and I found myself driving through South Central,” Miranda replied, “and weirdly I was able to find my way out because I played so much Grand Theft Auto."
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In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the late-night host asked Miranda, a native New Yorker who lives in upper Manhattan, how he gets around when he visits LA.
"I had a weird experience with that! The first time I came here was to do an acting job on TV and my now wife, then girlfriend, I had to pick her up at the airport in a rental car and I took a weird turn and I found myself driving through South Central,” Miranda replied, “and weirdly I was able to find my way out because I played so much Grand Theft Auto."
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