Wednesday, September 2nd 2009

Theater Acting Is Dangerous

Joel Edgerton brought the raw emotion a little too hard during a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire in Australia tonight. During a scene, Joel (who is playing Stanley) chucked a radio which busted into Cate Blanchett's (who is playing Blanche) head. An audience member told the Sydney Morning Herald that Cate hit the floor and she was bleeding from the back of her head.

Head trauma is serious shit, so Cate should've told Joel that she always depends on the kindness of 911, but she kept on acting instead. After about a minute, Cate realized that she was messed up, so she left the stage. A moment later, a stage manager appeared and said there would be an intermission. The curtain never went back up and the performance was canceled.

A rep for Cate said that she's doing absolutely fine and will most likely perform in tonight's show.

Hopefully, instead of Joel throwing an old timey radio, they make him throw a fluffy pillow. Either that or Cate will be wearing a helmet under her wig from now on.

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Submitted by soraya on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 6:00pm.
Ah shit, hope Cate gets better soon! Like everyone else here I love love love her.

I can't hold it against Joel Edgerton though cos he is fucking HOT (and a fabulous actor and an all round nice guy).

(Also US-ers, if you're in Aust; don't dial 911 you'll die waiting- its 000 haha)

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you can actually call 911 in australia for emergency services. sadly there's a lot of retards here who keep calling 911, you just get transferred to 000.

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Cate is a goddess!
She is just so classy and stunningly beautiful, I've seen her in Australia even chasing her kids around, make up and stylist free she is just raidant. Unlike most of the cheap tarts in hollywood today.
Thank goodness she didn't get her face messed up!
I hope she's better soon.

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I'm trying to imagine the play done with Aussie accents....

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I hope she had a head scan, head injuries are so dangerous.

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Pennyroyal's picture

She's one of my favorite actresses. Beautiful, amazing, and talented. I'd definitely go gay for her. She is a goddess.

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Love you Cate!

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bornagainChristian's picture

BRILLIANT ACTRESS.

HOPE SHE'S OKAY...

soraya's picture

Ah shit, hope Cate gets better soon! Like everyone else here I love love love her.

I can't hold it against Joel Edgerton though cos he is fucking HOT (and a fabulous actor and an all round nice guy).

(Also US-ers, if you're in Aust; don't dial 911 you'll die waiting- its 000 haha)

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Cate looks so gorgeous in that picture. And talent-wise, she's the new Meryl Streep.
Ouch, it must suck to get a radio robbed at you. Maybe they should cut that part from the script...
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this is the nicest dlisters have ever been. get well soon Cate.

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did anyone get the incident on their moby/cell? what's the link in youtube?
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"She always depends on the kindness of 911"? Cute. Hope Cate is feeling well.

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I loved her in Benjamin Button.

Rhoda's picture

Best wishes for a quick recovery Cate.

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Oh,noes!!! Not Cate!!! I hope she'll be fine. It's a good thing that radio didn't hit her in the face, though. Those cheekbones are priceless.

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Dirk Diggler's picture

I'd love to see Cate perform in that play. And hopefully there will be some adjustments made to the scene to avoid injuring this most talented actress.

letinstar's picture

is this what they call "suffering for your art"?
*sheesh*
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get well cate. we cant lose you too *sigh*

head trauma is no joke

Lessee: beautiful, classy, professional, a great mom who doesn't pimp her kids, and has enough talent to choke a whale. Damn, why can't it happen to Blowhan instead?

TexnDoc's picture

Wonder if it was The Simpson's "O, Streetcar!" musical version?

-"You're a dame and I'm a fella!"
-"Stanley stop or I'll tell Stella!"

shermanslave's picture

she should totally sue his ass.

http://thebitchywaiter.com/

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Wonder Weave for Cate: http://dlisted.com/node/30807

MaNHaTTaNiTRBiTR's picture

Uhhhhh---was it in the blocking for him to throw an object at her? Something tells me no....

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Oops, I messed up. I meant Cate, not Kate.
There are 2 incredibly talented, gorgeous and graceful Oscar winners in Hollywood, Cate Blanchettt and Kate Winslet. They are very different and I adore them both! But I always mispronounce their first name.

I've been in love with this woman for YEARS. She is by far THE best actress for her age bar none.

( I mentioned age because Dame Judy rules... but I don't want to fuck Judy....sorry Judy )

All you hollywood bitches bow to your goddess Cate!!!

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Dude must have been channeling Marlon Brando.

Holy Method Acting, Batman!

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Submitted by OurMissC on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:44am.

How did this happen? I never saw that show. Was his character supposed to hit her?

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I read that the actor was supposed to throw the radio out a set window, but it slipped and hit Cate instead.

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I love and respect Kate. She is not just a great actress and a beautiful woman,but she is a true lady, dignified and classy.

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whiterabbit: u ignorant

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squiggles's picture

Ooooh, love her...and I love how she minds her own business. She's probably the type that sees acting as her (amazing) job and leaves it at that. There's a few actresses I could throw a radio at but she's not one.

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Remember actress Natasha Richardson's sudden tragic death from a ski head injury several months ago? She was walking after hitting her head and didn't even think she needed to see a doctor,and then within a few hours she's got a headache, slipped into a coma and died. She was Liam Neeson's wife, Vanessa Redgrave's daughter and Dame Lynn Redgrave's niece,mother of 2 boys and she was so talented and very nice.
Head injuries are very dangerous. A little hemorrhage in the brain can kill you.

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Don't they have understudies so they can go on with the show?

Also, feel better, Cate. Loved her as Elizabeth.

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Silvera0428:
So you're saying props should have built a soft sided 1940's radio, just in case the actor decided to chuck it at his acting partner? You're ignorant. Clearly the case of an undisciplined actor gone bad.

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She needs that weave track that stopped a bullet!

freebird's picture

LOVE the Kate. Gorgeous, talented, not a skeezy famewhore.

However, if Madonna can pass out and still keep going, Kate needs to up her game. Maybe loads of botox, cheek filler and Jesus peen would help Kate bounce back after getting knocked in the head.

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She's beautiful and talented and I hope she'll be okay. She was right to stop and go get her injury checked out.

I know the guy who threw the radio at her must feel like shit.

O/T I went to an off off Broadway production a few years back where they were using prop chairs. One particular chair was supposed to break-away when one of the actors slammed it across another actor's back. Suffice it to say, it didn't break. Later in the production, one of the actors sat in the chair and it collapsed under his weight and we all as a dutiful, kind, understanding audience were determined not to laugh at it and just pretend like nothing unusual had happened...until I got 'the church giggles' in the deadly quiet theater. So, ever wonder how to get kicked out of an off off Broadway production? That's how!

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How did this happen? I never saw that show. Was his character supposed to hit her? If not, watchit Buster! Hope she's ok.

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No Words's picture

Head injuries are scary! An acquaintance of mine fell on a wet floor (at Walmart, no less) and was dead within 24 hours. This happened about a month ago.

Head bump is NO JOKE...always get it checked.

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Submitted by agirl on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:09am.

No shit. When Natasha Richardson died, I couldn't keep the thought outta my mind how stupid it was she didn't get herself checked out ASAP.

Secret Original's picture

I'm loving the love for Cate here.

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she better have had it checked out, remember Natasha
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To prop people:

You're fiiiiiiiiirrrrrrred!!!!

Hope shes's okay.

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Just great, where is the effin mole now?

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Cate is great, what is there to hate? Nothing! She's talented, attractive and she's not into that Hollywood bullshit either.

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Submitted by Master Blaster on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:11am.

Why can't stuff like this happen to more deserving actresses like Megan Fox. Someone as talented as Cate shouldn't have to worry about getting cold-cocked on stage.

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i don't think there is anyone but Cate that everyone on dlisted LUBZ!
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This woman is absolutely LUMINOUS". The type of beauty that never gets stale. I pray God that she never gets addicted to plastic surgery in the future. Her face is truly unique.

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Submitted by sushi on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:23am.
This woman is one of the loveliest on earth. She just radiates beauty, class, and grace.
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ITA...I LOVE Cate!! She is one of few actresses I simply cannot hate on.

I love that she's so elegant and classy but yet her eyes always have the slightest twinkle of "shank a bitch" in them.