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Post by inthenose on Mar 16, 2022 18:54:25 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 16, 2022 22:45:02 GMT
www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elf-musical-star-sues-17m-26479640.ampThis is the second case in recent weeks involving West End performers seeking damages from producers This is a curious one as there is no doubt that the injury happened on stage. But the case is predicated on his claim of no longer being able to perform energetic lead roles. Will be interesting to watch how this and the Ewen case proceed.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 17, 2022 7:12:37 GMT
Oh bless. It’s not like producers are banging his door down to cast him as a west end leading man.
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Post by partytentdown on Mar 17, 2022 7:30:37 GMT
£1.7m is about the cost of four tickets to "Elf" (archaic West End joke there)
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 17, 2022 7:38:16 GMT
How is that injury the producer's fault? How many times had ge performed that scene without falling off the ladder? I agree that he deserves some compensation, but actively blaming the producers for an accident seems strange.
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Post by Jan on Mar 17, 2022 7:52:27 GMT
How is that injury the producer's fault? How many times had ge performed that scene without falling off the ladder? I agree that he deserves some compensation, but actively blaming the producers for an accident seems strange. Well, as the adverts say, have you been involved in a road accident that wasn't your fault ? This just sounds like a no win no fee attempt by personal injury lawyers to get some money out of the producers' insurance company. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 17, 2022 8:05:17 GMT
I always 🙄 inwardly when there’s a scene where an actor goes up about two feet on some sort of prop, and we have the whole rigmarole of them being buckled into a safety harness beforehand. But of course, this is the reason why.
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 17, 2022 10:17:54 GMT
Why would a broken ankle rule someone out from performing leading roles? Unless you are auditioning to play Electra in Starlight Express.
David Birrell only got £250k when he was blinded in one eye in the Donmar Warehouse production of Passion, when a prop gun malfunctioned. Now I would say that is a more career threatening injury, as well as being a completely awful thing to happen. I was surprised how low the compensation was.
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Post by og on Mar 17, 2022 11:05:27 GMT
Loves a good skive does our Ben, think he was off more than he was on when he was cast as Phantom
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Post by inthenose on Mar 17, 2022 13:51:49 GMT
As with Jade Ewan, I really can't imagine anything coming from this. It would seem to be a stronger case than hers, but surely they'd require evidence that the reason he isn't getting parts is due to a lack of mobility. That would require statements from casting directors saying "we wanted to cast him for a show at £200k per contract for the next 10 years, but we couldn't because of his ankle". Which seems unlikely to happen.
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Post by Jan on Mar 17, 2022 14:59:00 GMT
As with Jade Ewan, I really can't imagine anything coming from this. It would seem to be a stronger case than hers, but surely they'd require evidence that the reason he isn't getting parts is due to a lack of mobility. That would require statements from casting directors saying "we wanted to cast him for a show at £200k per contract for the next 10 years, but we couldn't because of his ankle". Which seems unlikely to happen. My guess is it will be settled out of court for a fraction of what is being asked, the insurance company will base their decision on what their legal fees might be to fight it. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 17, 2022 14:59:13 GMT
It’s a bit of a high risk strategy, going public to say you can never take a leading role again and relying on the million quid coming through. He’ll never get a million and let’s say they settle on 100k… then what? He’s kyboshed his future career.
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Post by Jon on Mar 17, 2022 15:09:23 GMT
I'm awful for doing it but I did chuckle at the elves shaking the ladder too violently line.
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 17, 2022 22:39:23 GMT
I gave this some thought on the way home tonight and think that Ben Forster could do very well financially out of this and could even win the whole amount he is suing for, if it can be demonstrated that the producers’ showed total disregard for Elf & Safety.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 17, 2022 22:51:32 GMT
I gave this some thought on the way home tonight and think that Ben Forster could do very well financially out of this and could even win the whole amount he is suing for, if it can be demonstrated that the producers’ showed total disregard for Elf & Safety. Have you been working on that all day? |
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Post by amp09 on Mar 17, 2022 23:46:14 GMT
I gave this some thought on the way home tonight and think that Ben Forster could do very well financially out of this and could even win the whole amount he is suing for, if it can be demonstrated that the producers’ showed total disregard for Elf & Safety. How elfish of them! |
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Post by Jan on Mar 18, 2022 8:03:28 GMT
Someone was injured on stage during Henry V the other night. Slipped on all those little rubber bits of grit. The show was stopped and the understudy was swapped in. Got to be be worth £10k ?
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 18, 2022 14:13:47 GMT
I wonder if Mischief Theatre are eyeing this test case nervously. So many actors get injured doing their shows!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2022 16:14:34 GMT
I wonder if Mischief Theatre are eyeing this test case nervously. So many actors get injured doing their shows! Barnum springs to mind and the thought of the great Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer! |
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Mar 19, 2022 11:36:48 GMT
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Mar 19, 2022 11:50:22 GMT
I gave this some thought on the way home tonight and think that Ben Forster could do very well financially out of this and could even win the whole amount he is suing for, if it can be demonstrated that the producers’ showed total disregard for Elf & Safety. I’m going to sue you for making me read that |
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Post by mouseinthetheatre on Mar 23, 2022 18:51:42 GMT
For completeness the case view is below. I'll keep an eye open for the actual trial as it'll be open to the public. It might be slightly tricky to enforce a judgment debt against a company that's in liquidation so I would assume the 2nd defendant will be in the firing line. It's not too uncommon for theatre companies to end up in court...I understand the popular hire company White Light was involved in a personal injury claim at the High Court initiated by a former apprentice in 2019. The claim was discontinued in June last year. It's fair to say White Light were defending the claim and should be assumed to have committed no wrong-doing.  |
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