KAOS' Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer reveal unusual way they prepared for filming
The pair play Zeus and Hera in the new series
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Janet McTeer has revealed how she sang show tunes to Jeff Goldblum to keep him focused in between takes on KAOS.
The stars play Zeus and Hera, king and queen of the gods, in the eagerly awaited new Netflix series. A modern reworking of the Greek myths, it sees Zeus and the gods of Olympus trying to retain control of the human realm.
McTeer and Goldblum appeared on The One Show together on Tuesday (27 August), where they were quizzed about rumours that McTeer used to sing to the Jurassic Park actor before the director called “Action”.
What, how and why?
“We did have a piano on our set and sometimes, as you know, he’s an amazing pianist and he would sort of tinkle off and everyone, everything would stop,” McTeer replied.
“It’s not that he got distracted, people will say, ‘Ooh well he got distracted’ - he didn’t. Jeff works incredibly hard and we are both sort of old school and very well prepared, know our lines, all of that sort of stuff. But he would just get very kind of… There is always so much going on, look at all these people, and so we would just sing!”
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Goldblum chimed in: “Sometimes I find you are so prepared you don’t want to in those last seconds before 'Action', you don’t want to fret about it, you want to take an adventure a little bit aways.”
Both stars then started singing, as Goldblum explained: “And that does something to you, and then… ‘Action’.”
What else did Jeff Goldblum say on The One Show?
Goldblum also discussed his upcoming role in Wicked, the upcoming big screen version of the hit stage show about witches. He plays the Wizard, while chart star Ariana Grande is Glinda and Cynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba.
The Hollywood star admitted that he was frightened of witches in real life after a terrifying childhood dream about a witch tying him to a tree stump. "I thought she was going to cut my head off," he said as the hosts laughed. "But she went (starting to chant) 'peaches, peaches' and I was scared about that."
But it seems that fear vanished when it came to the film and Grande and Erivo's performances, with Goldblum saying: "Mostly I wasn't afraid, I was very moved and inspired."
What did viewers say?
Viewers enjoyed Goldblum's little anecdotes on The One Show sofa, with one posting on X that the star was "class". "Jeff Goldblum is one of my most favourite people," said someone else.
Another wrote: "Jeff Goldblum has been a legend of our screens for many years and he still looks just as good now as he did back then! Absolutely adore him."
KAOS premieres on Netflix on Thursday, 29 August.