Rehearsal is a 2015 British-American-Canadian film directed by Carl Bessai, starring Bruce Greenwood.
Turner Horatio Longfellow (Greenwood), a British Theatre director, is forced to hire a young Hollywood star, Blaise Remington (Dean Geyer) for his play when his theatre is facing financial problems. Things start to go awry when Blaise tries to take control of the play.
The film also stars Deborah Kara Unger, Rob Morrow, Annabelle Stephenson, David Cubitt, and Breanne Parhiala.
It was released on December 4, 2015.
Tropes for the film:
- Green Aesop: Blaise starred in two movies, The Hurricane and The Hurricane 2, that were about the environment, which he says is very important to him.
- Money, Dear Boy: In-Universe example, as Longfellow is forced to have a Hollywood star in his play to get more money in order to keep the theatre afloat.
- Nervous Wreck: One of the people auditioning for the play throws up due to being nervous about the audition she is taking part in.
- One-Word Title: Rehearsal.
- Show Within a Show: Longfellow is directing a play, The Seagull, with Blaise as the star of the play.
