Rosamund Pike was not impressed by a member of the audience at her West End show Inter Alia over the weekend.
After Saturday night’s performance of the hard-hitting legal drama — a role that recently won Pike an Olivier Award — the Saltburn and Pride and Prejudice star took to the stage for the final bows. She surprised attendees by making a short speech.
Pike reportedly said: “I just wanted to say for anyone going to the theater, it’s a huge thing that we’re trying to give you. I am trying to tell you a story, and I’m feeling you, and I hope you’re feeling me too. Somebody was texting in this part,” she continued, gesturing toward a particular section. “Maybe it was very important, and maybe you’re a doctor, and you’re saving someone’s life, and I hope you are.”
“But we do see these, we do feel them,” she added. “I’ve got you, I feel like I’ve got to hold you all, so when I feel that and see it, it’s hard.”
An audience member told The Times that Pike appeared “genuinely upset.” They added: “We all felt a bit stunned. It is a very emotional play. She indicated the area of the stalls where the person was sitting but said she would not single them out.”
