Filming a film or TV present is one factor, however taking the Broadway stage is sort of one other — no reshoots, no edits and a reside viewers.
By the point Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut he had already received two Oscars, however he was nonetheless barely frightened concerning the viewers’s response to his stage efficiency within the Nora Ephron play Fortunate Man.
“I’m not afraid of the tip end result as a result of I believe we’ll have an excellent manufacturing,” he informed The New York Instances in 2013. “However I’m afraid of blowing it myself. I’m afraid of getting one thing being my duty, but not having the wherewithal or lack of self-consciousness or stamina to drag it off. Look, I’ve simply as spectacular a observe file of flicks and initiatives that didn’t work out.”
Unsurprisingly, he didn’t blow it, and in reality acquired a Tony nomination for Finest Actor in a Play. He misplaced to Tracy Letts, however he did win a Theatre World Award, which acknowledges actors for debut performances on Broadway.
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