Cate Blanchett Demands London Audience Put Away Their Phones
The actress said filming the show spoils it for the next audience and urged viewers to stay present during the performance.
- On Friday, Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett paused her performance in Electra/Persona at London's National Theatre to urge audience members to stop recording the show.
- Written and directed by Benedict Andrews, Electra/Persona fuses Sophocles' Greek tragedy Electra with Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film Persona, with Blanchett and Nina Hoss alternating roles nightly based on a coin toss.
- "There are few places on this planet where we can simply be together and be present," Blanchett said, noting that while curtain call filming is "flattering in a way," recording during performances disrupts the communal experience.
- The speech, captured in a video shared on Instagram Friday, was greeted enthusiastically by the National Theatre audience, reinforcing the actress's effort to preserve theatre's immersive environment.
- Blanchett, who began her career at the Sydney Theatre Company, previously revealed she "never, ever" thought she could work in the film industry; she is currently set to star alongside Selena Gomez and Michael Fassbender in The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet.
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Cate Blanchett made a heartfelt plea to the audience during her performance at the National Theatre in London. With particular kindness, the famous and acclaimed actress, as seen in a video posted on social media, asked people to stop recording her with their mobile phones. Cate Blanchett, who stars in the play “Electra/Persona” that is being shown at the Lyttelton stage, stressed that videotaping spoils the experience for future viewers. Cate B…
Cate Blanchett stars in the theatrical play “Electra/Persona” which is inspired by Sophocles’ “Electra” and Ingmar Bergman’s film “Persona.” The post Cate Blanchett asked to stop being filmed in the theater appeared first on in.gr.
Cate Blanchett asks London play audience to stop recording: "It spoils it"
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has asked audience members at her London play Electra/Persona to stop recording the performance, saying filming the show could spoil the experience for people attending later.
Cate Blanchett pleads with London audience to stop filming play on phones as theatre show hit by disruption
Cate Blanchett pleads with London audience to stop filming play on phones as theatre show hit by disruption . Cate Blanchett stepped forward after a curtain call at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre on Friday evening to urge audience members to stop filming
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