that she was determined to make the character of Maureen, famously played by Idina Menzel in the original Broadway cast and the 2005 movie version, her own.“[Rent follows a slew of characters all dealing with their own affairs of the heart on Christmas Eve as a snowstorm is about to hit. It's a film adaptation of John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson’s three-part 2008 YA novelLet It Snow: Three Holiday Romances ], I learned that external things don't actually make you happy," he said in his acceptance speech. "They didn't make me happy. I was actually really upset while doing that show, not because of the show — it was an amazing show — I just wasn't happy with all of these things outside of myself." also stars Miles Robbins, Liv Hewson, Mitchell Hope, Matthew Noszka, and Joan Cusack. Check out the first-look photos and trailer below before the movie premieres on Netflix on November 8.