NYTimes.com: An Emmy Award-winning star whose periodic outbursts have made him a tabloid treasure, Mr. Baldwin has had a tricky time with his return to Broadway in the 1983 play “Orphans,” his first project after seven seasons on “30 Rock.”
Soon after rehearsals began in February Mr. Baldwin’s co-star Shia LaBeouf clashed with the director, Daniel Sullivan, over acting choices, and at one point upbraided Mr. Baldwin for not knowing his lines. After a week the producers fired Mr. LaBeouf — a rarity on Broadway — and chose another film actor, Ben Foster, to play Treat, a hotheaded thief who holds the mobster Harold (Mr. Baldwin) hostage in the house Treat shares with his shut-in brother, Phillip (the British actor Tom Sturridge).
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In the case of the actor who got fired, this just shows how important it is to work well with others and be able to just get along with the director! People are very replaceable in our business, which is just proven in this article. As for Alec Baldwin, I really think he is brilliant, not only in "30 Rock" but throughout his movie carrier as well. Of course there is always the problem that he will only be seen as his character on the show, Jack, who is incredibly funny. This seems to be a common acting challenge for actors who were apart of a TV show for so many years, it is hard to see them as any other character.
What I really hate is when the press takes bad thing that have happened in the rehearsal process and drag it all aver the news. It's just adding fuel to the fire. Shai Labeouf acted out of hand and should not have posted those emails after he was fired, but simply because they were posted does not mean they should be read. Furthermore, there is no reason the press should be asking questions about them when interviewing members of the cast. Alec Baldwin seemed to take charge of the situation the best by making a joke out of it in the end, but he shouldn't have been put in that position in the first place.
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