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As for their own personal Sliding Doors moments, Garcia has one: “Specifically there was an opportunity for me to go to Broadway and do Saturday Night Fever and then I got a movie called Coyote Ugly and I never got to play Broadway.
“Yeah, certainly and the characters we're playing, there's got to be connection and warmth,” says Garcia, “Knowing each other helps, you’ve already broken that ice, you've got history and I certainly feel… well, possibly too comfortable.”.
“This story in particular, is incredibly nuanced and personal and heartfelt and real,” says Garcia, “It’s almost like a play.
The pair are old friends, having worked together in the West End on Wicked, and you get the sense that they are having a ball together, turning this around so quickly.
We spoke to Ellis and Garcia as they were in the thick of rehearsals, for what has been an ultra-fast turnaround for the production, a mere two weeks in fact.
