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Blanchett Bloodied in Stage Accident

In Streetcar performance, radio destined for window finds her head instead

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 2, 2009 2:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – Cate Blanchett left the stage of a Sydney performance of A Streetcar Named Desire with a bloodied head after a prop mishap, the Telegraph reports. A co-star charged with throwing a radio out of window during a fight “sort of slipped and hit her in the head,” an audience member says.

“She just went straight on”—for about 30 seconds when, “blood streaming down the back of her head,” she took her exit. "Before we knew it, the lights were turned on and we were told there were technical difficulties and everyone had to evacuate." The actress, 40, is “absolutely fine,” a spokesman says, and will return tomorrow.

Cate Blanchett.
Cate Blanchett.   (AP Photo)
Actress Cate Blanchett.
Actress Cate Blanchett.   (AP Photo)
Actress Cate Blanchett poses during a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Actress Cate Blanchett poses during a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.   (AP Photo)
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She acted for about another 30 seconds, then ran into what we thought was the next scene, but before we knew it the lights were turned on and we were told there were technical difficulties and everyone had to evacuate. - A theatergoer on Blanchett's mishap

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COMMENTS
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Mad
Sep 2, 2009 8:52 AM CDT
Theater talk!
youngblood
Sep 2, 2009 8:18 AM CDT
What I meant reasonator is after Brando got done with the role of Stanley, NO ONE could come close to his interpretation of it....Geeez!!
reasonator
Sep 2, 2009 7:58 AM CDT
Really? I thought Brando defined Streetcar. Stellaaa!

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