Ramin is the whole package, that's what makes him special. I've seen some comments here and there comparing him to his reprisers in the role (and other roles) and honestly they are ridiculous! Ramin is the character. Yes you see his presence, his expressions and he is an ideal stern communist soldier. But even without seeing him, even just hearing his voice with his pauses, his volume fluctuations, his expressiveness are enough to tell you the whole story. He is a legend.
We saw him 2 days before he left Anastasia, so happy we flew cross country to see him live! Derek Klena missed that show so we had to fly back 3 months later before he left and that was also worth it!
The show we saw he varied the ending after pointing the gun at Anya, he turned it to his temple. The whole crowd gasped, you literally could feel the air leave the room for a moment, he is such a captivating stage actor with the most incredible voice!
I love how you just see him trying to rationalize and laugh away his feelings for Anya bc he has a job to do, but he really is nothing like his dad and although he enjoys his job, he knows it's more about a responsibility and a duty to honor his dad and then this girl comes in and changes his whole viewpoint on the situation
He has been charged with killing Anastasia on behalf of the Bolshevik regime, but is conflicted cuz he kinda digs her and doesn't want to be a cold blooded killer -- to put it very simply.
@@BringHimHome24601 He's also beginning to grapple with his own conflicted views towards his father's legacy(his father being one of the men who executed the the Romanov Family, and possibly Anastasia as a child), as well as truly determining for himself if Anya is in fact the Grand Duchess.
