There was a bit of a commotion and we heard a paramedic being asked for. What was it like when Taron collapsed on stage during the first preview?Īll of the understudies were sat in the dressing room backstage listening to the show over the tannoy, and then all of a sudden the stage went quiet. And then cut to of course what’s happened, it’s been quite different from what I anticipated.
So I was a little bit tentative, I’m not going to lie, simply because I thought I’d be sat in a dressing room and I wouldn’t really be going on and it would just be a case of watching and learning. He said, ‘You haven’t understudied in about seven years so you’re taking a step backwards.’ I said, the caliber of the piece and who I’d be understudying and the director, it’s quite a big deal. Some of my agents and my dad particularly didn’t really want me to do it. Joel: It was October last year, I saw the cast announcement and straight away I messaged my agent and said, ‘I don’t care what it is but I want to be involved in this in some way.’ I got a self-tape through and it was to understudy both Jonathan and Taron, and within a day or two an offer came through to cover both.
