Ben Platt: 'Beyoncé gave me flowers. I'm afraid to touch them'
He played 'anxious weirdo nerds' in Pitch Perfect and Dear Evan Hansen, but on his soul-baring new album Ben Platt has a new role ... himself 'I really like playing people who aren't easily likable," says Ben Platt. Bearded and dressed in lumberjack chic " plaid shirt, fleece-lined denim jacket " he appears unflustered, a departure from his perma-agitated characters: Benji in the Pitch Perfect movies, Elder Cunningha…