Jonathan Bailey
I Could Have Cursed on One in every of My First Tasks!!!
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Jonathan Bailey thought he’d single-handedly ruined a extremely anticipated present when he was a toddler … violating a theater superstition proper earlier than a memorable bomb.
The actor opened up about his silly fake pas throughout an episode of “Actors on Actors” — the favored Selection sequence the place stars interview each other about their lives and careers.
Bailey advised Superman himself, David Corenswet, he took half within the 1996 present “Les Enfants du Paradis” helmed by “4 Marriage ceremony and A Funeral” actor Simon Callow … and, earlier than the present, Jonathan says he stated the phrase “Macbeth.”
If you do not know … there’s an outdated performing susperstition which prohibits actors from saying the play title “Macbeth” in a theater — with allegedly dire penalties in the event that they do.
In true ghostly style, the present tanked — and, Bailey says his chaperone advised him he performed an element its unlucky finish. He jokes he even thought he killed the beloved Royal Shakespeare Firm consequently.
Clearly, it is all only a foolish superstition … and, Bailey’s profession hasn’t suffered an excessive amount of due to his mistake — since he is receiving just about common reward for his efficiency as Fiyero in “Depraved” and its sequel “Depraved: For Good.”
Nonetheless, Bailey might need to watch his phrases going ahead … ‘trigger you by no means knew which witches is likely to be listening 👀.
