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 gained two Oscars, however he was nonetheless barely nervous concerning the viewers’s response to his stage efficiency within the Nora Ephron play Fortunate Man.
“I’m not afraid of the top end result as a result of I believe we’ll have an excellent manufacturing,” he instructed The New York Instances in 2013. “However I’m afraid of blowing it myself. I’m afraid of getting one thing being my accountability, but not having the wherewithal or lack of self-consciousness or stamina to tug it off. Look, I’ve simply as spectacular a observe file of films and tasks that didn’t work out.”
Unsurprisingly, he didn’t blow it, and in reality obtained 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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