re: 30 Mind-Blowing facts about famous movie scenes

Not mind-blowing, but more of a testament of a great will to be good. Most actresses (and actors for that
matter) would have yelled cut and began screaming.

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Meryl’s will is supported by roaring health. “We spent 101 days in Africa,” Pollack recalls. “Meryl shot on 99 of them. Everybody got sick but her. She has the stamina of a stevedore. And total dedication.” Kurt Luedtke agrees. "Do you remember the scene in which Meryl arrives at the farm and is introduced to a long line of servants? It was filmed in one long take and Meryl played it perfectly. Calm, dignified, completely in character. But the instant Sydney said 'Cut !' her face contorted and she smashed her fist against her chest as she yelled, 'Get this thing out of here!' The costume person tore open her dress, and out fell an enormous insect'. It had been crawling around in there all through the scene, but she had forced herself to ignore it."

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I was so impressed with her performance in that film before I ever heard about this-but this just made her awesome to me.

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