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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 21 May 2019
For 'Hot Zone,' Margulies confronts claustrophobia and Ebola

By AMANDA LEE MYERS know anything about it,"
Associated Press she said. "To me it was al-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ac- ways this thing way off in
tress Julianna Margulies Africa — didn't affect me.
knew she was claustropho- When I read the book and
bic. But she didn't realize the first four scripts they sent
just how much until she had me, I realized this is a global
to wear a sealed, full-body problem."
biosafety suit while filming Margulies, 52, said she
the upcoming limited series hopes the show helps shine
"The Hot Zone." a light on the problem, and
Margulies had to spend the fact that "we need to
hours in the suit while film- stand behind our scientists
ing the six-part show about and start supporting the re-
how the deadly Ebola vi- search.
rus appeared on U.S. soil in "Without it, it could be the
1989. way we all go," she said. "It
"I hated it," Margulies said wipes out villages in min-
in a recent interview. "You utes."
immediately start to sweat. Margulies consulted with
You are ensconced in rub- Jaax about the hazmat
ber. There's two fans keep- suit, asking her how she
ing the air ventilating so you handled it and what she
can't hear yourself think would think about when
and you can't hear anyone This June 7, 2018 file photo shows Julianna Margulies at the 46th AFI Life Achievement Award Hon- putting one on to handle
else, so you're sort of look- oring George Clooney in Los Angeles. the world's deadliest viruses
ing at everyone but you're Associated Press at the United States Army
isolated. It's a very lonely, Medical Research Institute
strange experience." she said. "Didn't realize how Nancy Jaax, a veterinary pines began testing posi- of Infectious Diseases in
It was so intense, she said, much until they zipped that pathologist with the U.S. tive at a facility in Reston, Maryland. "I said, 'Were you
that she cried on camera thing up." Army faced with contain- Virginia. thinking of your life? Life
three times, "not when I was But Margulies said the story ing the highly contagious "What drew me to this story and death? How were you
supposed to." she was helping tell was Ebola virus when monkeys was the fact that Ebola hit rationalizing that in your
"I'm very claustrophobic," worth the stress. She plays shipped from the Philip- U.S. soil in 1989 and I didn't head?'" Margulies said.q

'Beetlejuice' stars reveal the backstage secrets on Broadway

By JOHN CARUCCI Caruso said. "We all sweat
Associated Press on it a lot."
NEW YORK (AP) — One re- While not sure how of-
cent afternoon at the Win- ten the couch is cleaned,
ter Garden Theatre, two Brightman says it adds "to
stars of the irreverent mu- the charm of this set." Then,
sical "Beetlejuice" played Caruso proceeded to run
tour guide and revealed a and jump on the couch,
few backstage secrets — showing its trampolining at-
some grosser than others. tributes.
"There's a lot of farting go- Playing Beetlejuice requires
ing on the stage that I think non-stop kinetic energy
needs to be talked about and extra preparation be-
more," said Alex Brightman, fore each performance.
who plays the titular char- Unlike other actors who
acter. "I think a lot of actors have to be at the theater
in general need to admit 30 minutes before show
it more that more farting time, Brightman has a
happens on a Broadway much earlier call time.
stage than you would real- "I'm here at least an hour
ize." before the show to get into
The Tony-nominated "Bee- all the prep that goes into
tlejuice" is a stage adapta- This image released by Polk & Co. shows Rob McClure, from left, Kerry Butler, Sophia Anne Caruso it," he said, adding that he
tion of the Tim Burton dark and Alex Brightman during a performance of "Beetlejuice," in New York. needs 30 minutes of make-
comedy. It tells the story of Associated Press up before the show starts
Lydia Deetz, a teenager and more as it progresses.
obsessed with death. Her role but it's come at a cost. The show is more than a Sitting on the stage, So- Walking backstage, Ca-
new house is haunted by a "Right, now I'm very Meth- musical version of the mov- phia Anne Caruso, who ruso makes a stop at her
recently deceased couple od. Now I wake up in the ie. It's got magic tricks, pup- plays Lydia, pointed out favorite puppet, a giant
and Beetlejuice, a delight- makeup. My wife's very pets, pyrotechnics, and big something the audience sandworm that nearly fills
ful demon with a real zest unhappy. I have no more dance numbers, too, and doesn't know about the the stage.
for life. friends because I tend to all that requires extraordi- set's couch. Specifically, "This is my personal favorite
Brightman has earned a just be the character all the nary precision to keep ev- how pungent it is. puppet of the show. Her
Tony nomination for the time," Brightman joked. erything on track. "It smells like dirty dancers," name is Big Sandy."q