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

For some entertainers, their path to success hasn’t always been the one they expected. anthony ramosfor example, never thought he would become broadway When he first got acting wrong, he was back.

Ramos and his Transformers: Rise of Beasts supporting role dominic fishback recently sat down with ET’s Will Marfuggi to promote their new action blockbuster, and this hamilton Star Reflects on his unexpected stage journey.

“Broadway is like, [not the plan]That’s it, I didn’t even like musicals, growing up. I haven’t seen musicals, I hate musicals. I think they’re annoying,” Ramos said with a laugh. “And Broadway came out because I just wanted to sing, which was a bit of an accident. “

“In high school, I thought I was auditioning for a talent show and it turned into a school musical,” recalls Ramos. “They were like, ‘Yeah, no, you actually auditioned for this show.’ I was like, ‘Well, I’ll give it a shot anyway. If that means I can sing.’ I loved it .”

“I was like, ‘Okay, let me do another one.’ I just kept going,” he added, “and I ended up on Broadway. I don’t know how that happened, but it happened.”

Ramos says watching 2007 when he was a teenager Transformers Film Starring Sha LaBeouf Who “Rather Would Be in the Transformers Watching movies as a kid was more like watching a musical than a musical hamilton or in the highlands.

“Like, if I could see myself as an actor, it might be more of a path,” he said.

For Fishback, part Transformers The franchise is also unexpected, but for different reasons.

“I’ve always wanted to be an actor and I’m great even stevens fan.So I watched Shia go from there to Transformers, I was like, ‘Man, well, that’s a pretty good blueprint. I have to do something like that, you know?I’m going to make something like Transformers,” she shared. “But I don’t actually think it’s going to be TransformersI’m a little bit put off by the fact that the female lead doesn’t look like she’s from a community like mine or Anthony’s. “

“It’s fantastic. It’s incredible,” Ramos said of being part of the team with Fishback. “It felt like the beginning of something. It felt like we were starting something new, you know?”

Transformers: Rise of Beasts Releases June 9.