Bennett laughingly revealed that while doing the stage production of the movie, she was “playing Roxanne, a virgin, eight months pregnant!”
at Goodspeed in Connecticut with Peter and Erica,” the “Music and Lyrics” star explained.“Even before that it was in a developmental stage, I had spoken to my agent and said, ‘I’m really keen to be involved in theater,’ ” she said. “I was living in New York, I was a single woman, I was really passionate about learning theater, so I said, ‘If anything comes up, please think of me. I just want to immerse myself in this world.
Joe Wright, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Haley Bennett, Peter Dinklage and Erica Schmidt attend the UK premiere of “Cyrano” in December 2021.The next day her agent called to tell her about a musical adaptation of the French classic. Fast forward to Bennett starring in the stage production, which of course is where Wright saw it and fell in love — with the possibility of it being a movie.“Our meeting is not that romantic,” she said with a laugh. “I was actually pregnant when we did the stage production. I was playing Roxanne, a virgin, eight months pregnant!”
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