Sienna Miller hasn't had time to rehearse with Cabaret co-star Alan Cumming
British actress Sienna Miller will perform alongside her Cabaret co-star Alan Cumming for the very first time when she makes her Broadway return on Tuesday night (17Feb15), because the two actors have not had a chance to rehearse together.
The American Sniper star will take over the iconic role of Sally Bowles from Emma Stone this week, and although she is excited to hit the stage in the Cabaret revival, she admits the idea of having her first performance with Cumming in front of a live audience is nerve-wracking.
During an interview on breakfast show Good Morning America on
Monday (16Feb15), she reveals, "We haven't actually rehearsed
together yet. He shoots a (TV) show (The Good Wife) in the day and
he's doing a (Cabaret) show every night so tomorrow night will be
the first time I'm on (the stage) with Alan Cumming and I can't
wait, but it's daunting."
And Miller admits she has been having nightmares about her opening
night becoming a disaster.
She explains, "It's a really saucy part and there are gorgeous
costumes and in one of the scenes I do this dance... in this sexy
black cap, but I had this dream that I did the first show and my
boyfriend came back (stage) and said it was really underwhelming...
He was like, 'You've got to pick it up.' Alan Cumming wouldn't look
me in the eye... and I woke up (in a panic)."
Miller, who made her Broadway debut in the critically-mauled After
Miss Julie in 2009, will help to bring Cabaret to a close when the
curtain comes down on the Studio 54 show for good on 29 March
(15).