‘I love London!’ says Hamilton’s founding father

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, founding father of the acclaimed musical Hamilton, says he would ‘love to jump in’ and play the title role in London.

Miranda ( pictured) wrote the book, lyrics and music — and starred on Broadway as Alexander Hamilton, one of the leading architects in America’s development, whose face is on the ten dollar bill.

Last week, this column revealed that 25-year-old Jamael Westman — a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art — would portray Hamilton when performances begin at the Victoria Palace on November 21.

Miranda told me there are no plans on paper for him to step into the lead role in London. ‘But if the production is the success we hope it is, I’d love to jump in some day . . . even if it’s for a couple of months,’ he added.

One reason he’d like to do it, he said, is because he and his family ‘fell in love’ with London during the time that he spent shooting Mary Poppins Returns out at Shepperton Studios. ‘It was a wonderful chapter of our life as a family.’

He will attend some rehearsals and previews of the British show; and declared that there was no way he would miss opening night.

Most of all, though, he’s looking forwa r d to watching the London company — particularly Westman, and Michael Jibson, who will portray King George III.

Miranda is curious to see our reaction to George, who’s depicted as being quite ruthless towards his American colony and its citizens. (The monarch sings a song in which he threatens to kill men, women and children if his will is defied.)

Miranda would not confirm it, but may also appear in a major TV drama that will film here.