All Choked Up
Filed under: Broadway Babies
Did James Gandolfini flub his lines during a recent performance of the play God of Carnage on Broadway?
Or was the former Tony Soprano in dire need of the Heimlich??
Gandolfini was in the middle of performing on Thursday night when, according to an audience member, "he was onstage drinking and smoking a cigar, and he forgot his lines. He had to start over from the beginning of the scene."
Reps for God of Carnage have claimed that wasn't the case!
"James choked on his own saliva and couldn't speak, so he went off and got a drink of water and they started again," according to the rep.
Be careful!
[Image via WENN.]
Posted: May 18, 2009 at 11:30 am
damn! Poor Gandolfini
But news-worthy? Really?
Who cares! What a stupid story to report on!!!
I hate when that happens!
yawn
By the way, 'The Sopranos' wasn't the best show on HBO, that honour(or honor as Americans say it) goes to 'The Wire'.
Re: Medieval Poetry – No, Rome.
Damn. I hate that.
Re: SWEETPIECE! –
I Don't think Pullo.
Re: Medieval Poetry –
*so.
*sigh*
Perez, you know the Heimlich is used to dislodge SOLIDS from someone's throat, right? It wouldn't work for saliva.
Be careful? don't need the heimlich for spit-BUT-liquid in the lungs, especially if is bacteria in it, can cause pneumonia. either way, what is the big deal mario. he either had a coughing fit or forgot his lines. crap happens. sure it happens at the other broadway shows. big effen deal. just fillen space again
james i love ya but ya gotta lose a little weight
I was actually there last Thursday when it happened. Gandolfi started coffing and messed up Marcia Gay Harden she handed him her tea, and then he never recovered his lines.. there was about a min of silence…. then he went off stage for 30 seconds… Hope and Marcia look perplexed and were asking the director if they could start over… and Jeff Daniels stayed seated with his legs on the coffee table and looked at the audience and asked "any questions anyone? " the audience erupted in laughter… Gandolfi reappeared and they started over….