Anthony Ramos Explains How His Broadway Career Happened Accidentally (Exclusive)

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Anthony Ramos, for example, never thought he'd be a Broadway star back when he first got the performing bug.Ramos and his Transformers: Rise of the Beasts co-star Dominique Fishback recently sat down with ET's Will Marfuggi, while promoting their new action blockbuster, and the star reflected on his unexpected journey to the stage.«Broadway was, like, [not the plan].

That's the thing, I didn't even like musicals, growing up. I didn't watch a musical, I hated musicals. I thought they were so annoying,» Ramos said with a laugh. «And Broadway happened because I just wanted to sing, and it kind of happened by accident.»«In high school, I thought I was auditioning for a talent show and it ended up being the musical in school,» Ramos recalled. «And they were like, 'Yeah, no, you actually auditioned for this show.' I was like, 'Alright, whatever, I'll try it.

If that means I can sing.' And I like liked it.»«I was like, 'Alright, let me do another one.' And I just kept going,» he added, «and I ended up being on Broadway.

I don't know how that happened, but it happened.»Ramos said that, when he was a teenager watching the 2007 film, starring Shai LaBeouf, that he would have «much rather been in the movies as a kid» than been in a musical like or .«Like, if I could see myself as a as an actor, that that would have probably been more of the path,» he said.For Fishback, a part of the franchise is also unexpected, but for different reasons.«I always wanted to be an actor and I was big fan.