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In truth, Truly Scrumptious, the love interest of eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, did not feature in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, the 1964 novel Fleming wrote for his son Caspar.
The daughter of lolly factory owner Lord Scrumptious was an invention of writer Roald Dahl and director Ken Hughes, who made Potts a widower and ramped up the romance in their screenplay for the evergreen 1968 Sherman brothers film musical inspired by Fleming's book.
"It's interesting that that's the whole Bond flavour of it," says Rachael Beck, who plays Truly Scrumptious in the stage show coming to Perth in September.
A leading light in Australian musical theatre, Beck has played the sweet heiress in cities around Australia since its Australian premiere in November. She laughs when asked whether she has been called Truly Scrumptious in jest by people who have seen her out and about.
"Only by my two daughters," she says on the phone from her Sydney home. "And male admirers - but that was happening before I did Chitty Chitty Bang. I am typecast."
Beck, 42, is far from that. The triple-threat talent has displayed her versatility in all manner of roles since her professional stage debut at the age of 15 as Rumpleteaser in Cats in the mid-1980s.
She has appeared in numerous major productions, notably as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Maria in The Sound of Music, Fantine in Les Miserables and Belle in Beauty and the Beast, which saw her smooch Hugh Jackman on a nightly basis.
Beck's television credits include three seasons on the singing contest It Takes Two and a brief stint on Home and Away.
But her 101 episodes as Samantha Kelly on the early 90s sitcom Hey Dad continue to define her in the public eye. "People still remember me from Hey Dad and some still people walk up and say 'We didn't know you could sing and isn't it great you are doing a show like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', when music theatre and theatre have been my main thing. It's the power of TV, isn't it?"
Beck says her own experience as a youngster on stage comes to the fore when working with the children who star in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Four children, aged 10 to 14, share the roles of the siblings Jeremy and Jemima Potts who get to fly in the magical car, and 28 others play the escapees from the dastardly Child Catcher, played by Tyler Coppin.
"I really feel quite protective of them because the nine, 10 and 11-year-olds at the moment are really being pushed to leave school," she says. "I am seeing them, or their parents, as so gung-ho that they are going to be doing this for their entire career that they leave school and are home-schooled and do lot of training.
"I try to tell them that they need to have a balance.Forward wholesale fashion shoes sold by the case for your stores and boutiques. You need to have a normal life as well otherwise you live in a bubble. That's the advice I'd give them.
"Because I'd had such a solid grounded upbringing, that really held me in good stead for working in that sort of sphere."
Beck grew up near Ballina in northern New South Wales, where her parents were school teachers. Her father also was a writer and director,Metal Repair Aluminum foil tape Products is also excellent for metal. and he later penned the one-woman Judy Garland tribute show Young Judy for Rachael to perform.Online supplies a large range of double sided tape.We offer a great selection of women's boots and ladies shoes wholesale.
"I had music around me the whole time," says Beck, the eldest of three children, who learnt ballet, tap and jazz and competed in eisteddfods before being cast in Cats. She quit school and moved to Melbourne with her parents' blessing, saying she pushed them rather than the other way round.
In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Beck performs alongside opera singer and Dancing with the Stars alumnus David Hobson in the roles made famous in the original film by Sally Ann Howes and Dick Van Dyke.
Van Dyke, in particular, leaves some mighty flash shoes to fill in demanding dance scenes like Me 'Ol Bamboo, which the twinkle-toed Van Dyke admitted was one of the most difficult dancing acts he ever undertook. Beck says her co-star handled the challenge with aplomb.
Much like the mega-musical King Kong, now playing in Melbourne, the credibility of the production depends on the suspension of disbelief that must be achieved by its titular character, the mechanised marvel that appears to fly across the stage.
The car cost nearly $1.2 million to make when the musical opened in London in 2002 and holds the Guinness world record for the most expensive theatre prop.
"It is a valuable piece of machinery," Beck says. "I can't tell you how it works because I am under contract and I'd have to kill you."
When Beck joins Hobson and the children in the car, the magic of theatre does make it look like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang really is soaring across the night sky, to the gasps of the audience.
"We have to make sure we keep our seatbelts on," she says. "I love scary rides and fun rides so I am fine with that sort of thing. I do feel like as though I am going to Luna Park every time I go to work. I spin around as the doll in the box, I sit in the car and I drive a motorbike. It is great.
"Australia just loves family shows and it is great that older people are bringing their youngies in to see live theatre," Beck says. "It is fantastic. It covers the whole age gamut from the young kids like my four-year old to the grandmothers and grandfathers."
She only remembers seeing the original film once as a child at home, where the video repertoire was more likely to be The Sound of Music and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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In truth, Truly Scrumptious, the love interest of eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, did not feature in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, the 1964 novel Fleming wrote for his son Caspar.
The daughter of lolly factory owner Lord Scrumptious was an invention of writer Roald Dahl and director Ken Hughes, who made Potts a widower and ramped up the romance in their screenplay for the evergreen 1968 Sherman brothers film musical inspired by Fleming's book.
"It's interesting that that's the whole Bond flavour of it," says Rachael Beck, who plays Truly Scrumptious in the stage show coming to Perth in September.
A leading light in Australian musical theatre, Beck has played the sweet heiress in cities around Australia since its Australian premiere in November. She laughs when asked whether she has been called Truly Scrumptious in jest by people who have seen her out and about.
"Only by my two daughters," she says on the phone from her Sydney home. "And male admirers - but that was happening before I did Chitty Chitty Bang. I am typecast."
Beck, 42, is far from that. The triple-threat talent has displayed her versatility in all manner of roles since her professional stage debut at the age of 15 as Rumpleteaser in Cats in the mid-1980s.
She has appeared in numerous major productions, notably as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Maria in The Sound of Music, Fantine in Les Miserables and Belle in Beauty and the Beast, which saw her smooch Hugh Jackman on a nightly basis.
Beck's television credits include three seasons on the singing contest It Takes Two and a brief stint on Home and Away.
But her 101 episodes as Samantha Kelly on the early 90s sitcom Hey Dad continue to define her in the public eye. "People still remember me from Hey Dad and some still people walk up and say 'We didn't know you could sing and isn't it great you are doing a show like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', when music theatre and theatre have been my main thing. It's the power of TV, isn't it?"
Beck says her own experience as a youngster on stage comes to the fore when working with the children who star in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Four children, aged 10 to 14, share the roles of the siblings Jeremy and Jemima Potts who get to fly in the magical car, and 28 others play the escapees from the dastardly Child Catcher, played by Tyler Coppin.
"I really feel quite protective of them because the nine, 10 and 11-year-olds at the moment are really being pushed to leave school," she says. "I am seeing them, or their parents, as so gung-ho that they are going to be doing this for their entire career that they leave school and are home-schooled and do lot of training.
"I try to tell them that they need to have a balance.Forward wholesale fashion shoes sold by the case for your stores and boutiques. You need to have a normal life as well otherwise you live in a bubble. That's the advice I'd give them.
"Because I'd had such a solid grounded upbringing, that really held me in good stead for working in that sort of sphere."
Beck grew up near Ballina in northern New South Wales, where her parents were school teachers. Her father also was a writer and director,Metal Repair Aluminum foil tape Products is also excellent for metal. and he later penned the one-woman Judy Garland tribute show Young Judy for Rachael to perform.Online supplies a large range of double sided tape.We offer a great selection of women's boots and ladies shoes wholesale.
"I had music around me the whole time," says Beck, the eldest of three children, who learnt ballet, tap and jazz and competed in eisteddfods before being cast in Cats. She quit school and moved to Melbourne with her parents' blessing, saying she pushed them rather than the other way round.
In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Beck performs alongside opera singer and Dancing with the Stars alumnus David Hobson in the roles made famous in the original film by Sally Ann Howes and Dick Van Dyke.
Van Dyke, in particular, leaves some mighty flash shoes to fill in demanding dance scenes like Me 'Ol Bamboo, which the twinkle-toed Van Dyke admitted was one of the most difficult dancing acts he ever undertook. Beck says her co-star handled the challenge with aplomb.
Much like the mega-musical King Kong, now playing in Melbourne, the credibility of the production depends on the suspension of disbelief that must be achieved by its titular character, the mechanised marvel that appears to fly across the stage.
The car cost nearly $1.2 million to make when the musical opened in London in 2002 and holds the Guinness world record for the most expensive theatre prop.
"It is a valuable piece of machinery," Beck says. "I can't tell you how it works because I am under contract and I'd have to kill you."
When Beck joins Hobson and the children in the car, the magic of theatre does make it look like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang really is soaring across the night sky, to the gasps of the audience.
"We have to make sure we keep our seatbelts on," she says. "I love scary rides and fun rides so I am fine with that sort of thing. I do feel like as though I am going to Luna Park every time I go to work. I spin around as the doll in the box, I sit in the car and I drive a motorbike. It is great.
"Australia just loves family shows and it is great that older people are bringing their youngies in to see live theatre," Beck says. "It is fantastic. It covers the whole age gamut from the young kids like my four-year old to the grandmothers and grandfathers."
She only remembers seeing the original film once as a child at home, where the video repertoire was more likely to be The Sound of Music and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Read the full story at www.sdktapegroup.com/Double-sided-tape_c546!
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