In the Heights: Best Easter Eggs and Hidden References
In the Heights Is Full of Lin-Manuel Miranda Easter Eggs, Including a Clever Hamilton Nod
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Cue the "aws!" Lin-Manuel Miranda named Usnavi's love interest after his wife, Vanessa Nadal. She also grew up in Washington Heights, where she and Miranda met in high school. Miranda made sure there were other nods to Nadal throughout the film, including giving the realtor her last name, filming the "When You're Home" scene where she lived in her first apartment, and including her grandmother's building in a shot.
"We walked into the park, and she saw where the shot was being framed, she burst into tears and said, that's my grandmother's building. And her grandmother's building is in this movie," Miranda told NPR. "It just means so much to us."