Its unforgivable for audience members to fall asleep during Broadway shows… but what about the actors?
I fancy myself a very professional actor, Cryer begins.
But apparently thats not true.
Jon Cryer on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal
Thankfully, Cryers costar Patrick Breen came to his rescue.
I remember just laying there and he was sleeping across from me, Cryer said.
But he is a better actor who fakes it, apparently.
And I remember just the look on his face going, Jon.
Luckily, rehearsals really do pay off.
Cryer said that muscle memory kicked in and he was able to deliver his monologue without further disaster.
But wait theres more.
I wasMatthew Brodericks understudy for a long time.
Well, not for that long, because they fired me, the actor joked.
He was the lead in the show.
It was his breakout role.
He won the Tony for it, Cryer recalled.
So I was terrified.
This happens to actors all the time, he pointed out.
And how you react to it really-
Shows who you are, Clarkson finished.
Cryer later landed his own breakthrough role as Phil Duckie Dale in theJohn HughesclassicPretty in Pink.
you’ve got the option to watch the excerpt of Cryer’s conversation with Kelly Clarkson above.
