After he left, how did Eddie Izzard work into the production?
Clive had no reason to do theatre. He’s on an incredible roll with his film career. But he took six months out to do it and left because he got a huge film role opposite Angelina Jolie. We all understood it was a crossroads moment in his career. We weren’t happy, but we understood. And I went to go talk to Vicki Hamilton, who plays Sheila, about Clive’s replacement. She was kind of rheumyit was winter and a lot of illnesses were going around, and she had worked so hard on getting the show right. She was in her dressing room surrounded by medicinal vapors, and she said, “I just can’t go into another rehearsal period. Don’t ask me.” I said, “What if it’s Eddie Izzard?” She sighed and said, “When do we start?” It was literally like that because, totally unbeknownst to me, she was just in love with Eddie. So Vicki and all of us went back into rehearsal. And we neverevergot through Bri’s comedy sketches. Eddie was just too funny. I’d literally fall off my chair and Vicki would run out of th
