{"id":124252,"date":"2025-09-09T03:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/124252\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T03:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:15:08","slug":"susan-sarandon-explains-reason-shes-terrified-of-role-with-british-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/124252\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Sarandon explains reason she’s ‘terrified’ of role with British star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollywood icon Susan Sarandon was a guest on the BBC One show on Monday ahead of her daunting new stage role<\/p>\n

Susan Sarandon has confessed she’s “terrified” of her latest acting venture during her stint on the most recent episode of The One Show.<\/p>\n

This week, hosts Angellica Bell and Roman Kemp spoke with the renowned Hollywood star alongside her new co-star, Andrea Riseborough, about their forthcoming theatrical production.<\/p>\n

Both will be appearing in Mary Page Marlowe, which chronicles the tale of one woman across 70 years brought to life by five different performers.<\/p>\n

The production not only presents the intimidating task of portraying five distinct interpretations of the same character, but it also pledges to captivate audiences by presenting it in the round.<\/p>\n

Before Mary Page Marlowe kicks off later this month at The Old Vic, Sarandon, 78, revealed to Bell and Kemp: “I’m terrified, actually”, reports Wales Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ClareClare Balding, Susan Sarandon and Andrea Riseborough were on the green sofas this Monday(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

“Because we haven’t been on the stage yet. They tore the theatre apart to transition it, now the entire season will be in the round.”<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with theatre, in the round means the stage will be encircled by spectators from every direction, rather than simply facing outwards towards the crowd.<\/p>\n

Whilst Sarandon is an experienced stage performer in addition to her leading roles in masterpieces such as Thelma and Louise, the Tracy Letts-written play presents some distinctive obstacles.<\/p>\n

“So, you are surrounded by the audience, that’s cool,” Sarandon went on. “But that also means that there’s 300 people behind you at all times.”<\/p>\n

Her co-star Riseborough added: “I love being in the round, but it’s an acquired taste.<\/p>\n

\"AngellicaAngellica Bell and Roman Kemp probed the stars about their new production at The Old Vic(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

“The way that they’re setting it up, I think it will be conducive to it being a really wonderful experience for the audience. It’s quite clever the way they’re setting it up, you’ll get to see a lot wherever you are.”<\/p>\n

The production also brings together Riseborough with her Matilda co-star Alisha Weir, who takes on the role of the youngest Mary.<\/p>\n

Rosy McEwen and Eleanor Worthington-Cox also feature as earlier versions of the character.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, viewers were thrilled to witness the star on the iconic green sofas.<\/p>\n

\"SusanSusan Sarandon gives Andrea Riseborough the giggles on The One Show(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

“#theoneshow love Susan such a lovely lady and a great actress!” one fan posted on X (formerly Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Another gushed: “Im loving Susan Sarandon. What a lovely lady.”<\/p>\n

A third penned: “Love Susan Sarandon! Fantastic actress! Loved her in Dead Man Walking, Thelma and Louise and The Client.<\/p>\n

“Was watching her in an ep of Friends yesterday too. She’s stunning and never ages!”<\/p>\n

The One Show airs weekdays at 7pm on BBC<\/a> One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood icon Susan Sarandon was a guest on the BBC One show on Monday ahead of her daunting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[58982,9453,6491,96,58983,15858,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-124252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-andrea-louise-riseborough","tag-bbc1","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-susan-sarandon","tag-the-one-show","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}