Gina Wilhelm Actress - Cate Blanchett Injured on Stage
Cate Blanchett was injured during a preview performance of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" on September 2nd in Sydney, Australia.
Blanchett, who plays Blanche DeBois in the production, was struck in the back of the head by a prop radio that slipped out of costar Joel Edgerton's hand.
Edgerton was supposed to throw the radio out the window, but he lost control of it.
Blanchett reportedly fell after being hit, but, like a true professional, continued the scene.
She later left the stage, and the rest of the production was cancelled.
A spokesperson for the Sydney Theatre Company, which is putting on the production, said that Blanchett is "fine."
"She is fine this morning and we anticipate at this stage that the show will go ahead tonight." The show will open on Saturday.
Blanchett is co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company along with her husband, playwright Andrew Upton.
She has also appeared on the STC stage in "The War of the Roses" playing Lady Ann and Richard II.
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Cate Blanchett's Influences
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Cate Blanchett's life has given her a lot of material from which to draw for her performance in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
The story is told in flashback from her character's hospital room. The character is seen from childhood (played by a different actress) through adulthood and into her 80s (played by Blanchett).
Blanchett took some of her inspiration (and mannerisms) for her character at the end of her life from her own grandmother.
Additionally, her first job as an adolescent was in a senior citizen's home, which provided further development for her character.
Of course, she also gives much credit to the film's makeup team.
As an adult, the character is a dancer. Blanchett studied ballet, though only through childhood. She did almost all her own movement in the movie except for a few shots using a stand-in including a rapid sequence of steps.
Known for frequent performance in period pieces ("Elizabeth," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "The Aviator," "I'm Not There"), she will next be playing the title role in "Richard II" on stage in her native Australia.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" opens December 25th and has received a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Cate Blanchett's life has given her a lot of material from which to draw for her performance in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
The story is told in flashback from her character's hospital room. The character is seen from childhood (played by a different actress) through adulthood and into her 80s (played by Blanchett).
Blanchett took some of her inspiration (and mannerisms) for her character at the end of her life from her own grandmother.
Additionally, her first job as an adolescent was in a senior citizen's home, which provided further development for her character.
Of course, she also gives much credit to the film's makeup team.
As an adult, the character is a dancer. Blanchett studied ballet, though only through childhood. She did almost all her own movement in the movie except for a few shots using a stand-in including a rapid sequence of steps.
Known for frequent performance in period pieces ("Elizabeth," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "The Aviator," "I'm Not There"), she will next be playing the title role in "Richard II" on stage in her native Australia.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" opens December 25th and has received a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Gina Wilhelm Actress
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