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The Briefing … Geoffrey Rush …
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Two actors that worked alongside Geoffrey Rush during a 2015-16 theatre production have backed the actor accusing Rush of “inappropriate behaviour”.
Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported ($) yesterday that the Sydney Theatre Company had received a complaint after Rush starred in King Lear. A follow-up story published ($) this morning quotes social media posts from actors Meyne Raoul Wyatt and Brandon McClelland that express support for the person who made the complaint. In a tweet that has since been deleted, McClelland wrote “It wasn’t a misunderstanding. It wasn’t a joke”, while Wyatt posted on Facebook that “I was in the show … I believe (the person who) has come forward”.
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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper