Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig hate your cell phone

Comments

[Leon Arp]

And it was probably a wrong number...

[Adeel Ahmad]

As correct as Hugh was in chiding the audience member (it was only a pre-show rehearsal)- it looks like he actually forgot his lines and his outburst gave him a chance to recover... If this was a paid show - Hugh's behaviour would have been a total breach of the 3rd wall rule.

[Kevin John McDonald]

It's bad that someone left their cell on in the theatre and didn't scramble to turn it off as quickly as possible. It's worse that some idiot was recording the show (probably also on a cell phone).

[Sean G]

It's the fourth wall, not the third Adeel. And there's no hard and fast rule. Post-modern and modern theatre breach it all the time. As for forgetting a line, I'd forget my lines if I had a cell go off in the middle of a monologue too. Theatre lines are linked by what comes before. So if something briefly makes an actor forget the previous line, improv or repetition is the name of the game. In this case, chiding works well too.

[Lawrence Smith]

3rd Wall?? Has the 4th already been breached?

[Victoria]

Yes - I am a drama teacher, it's the fourth (4th) wall. And what was awesome was how Hugh Jackman did not even break character - he kept it in the game, stayed in role, and so did Daniel Craig. It would have been amusing to see one of them open a can of whup-ass - would've loved to have seen Jackman go all Wolverine - but very impressive to see the professionalism, too.

[NY Theatre Goer]

Considering how much theatre tickets cost these days - especially on Broadway - it never ceases to amaze me how stupid and inconsiderate people can be, to the actors as well as fellow audience members. You are given repeated reminders to turn off all cell phones. Since this person was apparently seated in the front rows of the orchestra (the most expensive tickets), I'm guessing they felt some false sense of entitlement or self importance. Idiot.

[Ioannis Trampidis]

I am an actor and I can feel the case. It happened to me some times and I was really annoyed.
Actors are humans and on the edge when performing so anything that happens is bigger than normal. Mr Jackman's reaction was real and he was lucky that Mr Graig helped him over. It was quiet an improvisation!

[Matthew]

Okay, while I'm all for what Jackman did (having seen Colm Fiore loose it on a bunch of school kids thrwoing pennies at the stage back in high school and rooting for him then too) it's not improve, and he was not in character. He was telling the person to turn the flipping phone off and rightfuly so. Craig was backing him on this. If it was improving they'd have talked about some one calling them on the phone or the phone in the next room. Before we attribute them with staying in character let's make sure they actually stay in character.