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May 3, 2005
TT: Footnote
After I posted last week's Wall Street Journal review of the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, in which John C. Reilly plays Stanley Kowalski, I got this e-mail from a reader of the blog who is a well-connected theater buff:I've heard that when John C. Reilly was beginning the shoot of CHICAGO with his costars, the producers--Marty Richards and others--wanted to see what they had before a foot of film was shot. So the cast--Reilly, Zeta-Jones, Zellweger, Gere--assembled for a run-through in some performance space or other, and took seats onstage, with the producers down below. Reilly noticed that Zellweger was REALLY scared; he leaned over and said, soothingly, "Don't worry, Renee, it's just like a play...we're onstage and they're the audience."
Zellweger looked at him, and said, quivering, "But I've never been in a play!'"
If it's not true, don't tell me.
Posted May 3, 2005 12:01 PM
