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Tea Time #53 Amadeus, Tom Hulce is a Sweetheart and F. Murray Abraham is... NOT!!!!
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I always wondered about the Amadeus situation.....I love the film, but I still reel in awe and excitement at the thought of your portrayal! I could listen to you recount your history for hours! The same reason your books are so captivating! It makes me so happy to think of you and Mr. Tom Hulce sharing wonderful memories! It sounds like long lost brother and sister to me!!! Thank you, so much Ms. Meg! This channel is a DREAM come true!
That's exactly what it was like! I felt very protective of Tom. Almost like he was my little brother or something.
I'm so glad you are enjoying our tea times!
Always loved Amadeus and always felt Tom should have gotten the academy award not F Murray. If he is as mean as you say he wasn't even acting. I Loved your story Meg and would love to hear more. Sending you love and hugs from Philadelphia.
Thanks for watching. Tom is such a lovely person and a wonderful actor. I would have been happy to see him win the Oscar. 😊
@@megscozyteatime3760 I have an 💡 idea. We ll all break into F Murray's house and steal the statue and replace his name with Tom s and ship it to Tom s house 😆
My first "tea time"... Love it! Subscribed and now going back to episode 1 to watch them all
Hooray!!! Thank you for joining us TeaTimers and thank you subscribing! :)
You would have been phenomenal in the movie! Thank you so much for sharing. You are very lovely ❤
Thank you so much 🤗
Wow. A successful, famous actress who’s also legitimately nice. I saw the stills of you in the costumes. You looked gorgeous. And I could tell from watching him speak on the documentary of the film’s making that Hulce was crushed you two didn’t get to film together.
I was crushed as well. I grieved for quite a while. It's funny that way, because I didn't get to share her with the world, Constanza stayed trapped inside me. Took me years to finally shake her free.
Isn't Tom Hulce openly gay? Top notch detective work from Mr Abraham there... 😆
Tom was such a sweet gentle soul. Decent. Thoughtful. Fun to be around. And I'll bet you anything he still is.
Yes, he is gay. Though, he keeps his personal life private.
I really enjoy your tea times and adding Christmas Carols is a nice touch. Your voice is beautiful.
I'm so glad you are enjoying our tea times, Valerie! I'm a little sorry Christmas has passed as it was fun having an excuse to sing Christmas carols. Oh well, next Christmas I imagine I shall be accosting your eardrums again. :)Thanks for listening!
A few days ago, the video of F. Murray Abraham winning the Best Actor Oscar for playing Salieri in Amadeus appeared in my UA-cam feed for some reason. I'm a classical musician, and naturally, I'd seen the movie a few times. So I clicked on the video. As Abraham is giving his speech, there are quick shots of fellow Best Actor nominee Tom Hulce in the audience. Near the end of his speech, Abraham talks about how the only thing he'd wish for more than winning the Oscar is that Tom Hulce could be standing right next to him at that moment. He said it with a great deal of emotion, which made it hard to tell if he was being really sincere are just indulging in maudlin BS.
Anyway, they kept cutting to Hulce for reaction shots; his facial expression was a combination of a slight smile and a slight grimace. One might assume this was because he hadn't won the award, but there was something about his expression that made me wonder if it indicated some sort of history between him and Abraham. It seemed curious enough to prompt me to see if Abraham had a reputation for being a less-than-ideal colleague. Bingo. In terms of the lie he told your husband, I can't even imagine what his motivation might have been.
I do appreciate your willingness to talk about your experiences.
I find it so fascinating when my intuition nudges me like yours did. After reading your comment I googled to see if anyone else had had a difficult time with him. Yup.
We Tea Timers would LOVE to hear you talk for two hours!
I agree! A two hour Tea Time would be amazing!
I heartily concur !!
Okay... I'm laughing so hard right now!
You guys are funny!
@@megscozyteatime3760 No, really Meg!!!
Hey Meg! No question, just a comment. I love that you don't edit your vlogs. It's so refreshing to see someone be so open and honest here on UA-cam. I'm telling all my friends about your channel. Trying to get you to 1,ooo subbies!
Oh phew... Thank you so much for saying that. I sometimes feel like maybe I should, but I know if I started doing that, these tea times would peter out, because it would gobble up too much of my writing time. Thank you so much for spreading the word! I can't believe we are almost at 1,000 TeaTimers strong! :)
Im late to the party but this is so interesting thank you for sharing - always had the impression Tom Hulce is a sweet guy. There couldnt have been a more perfect Quasimodo!
Sweet ! Watching this was a marvelous way to end the week, dear Meg ! Though of course to learn about that horrible lie that F Murray Abraham told about you is so heartbreaking ! I have lost all respect for that man. And how sad you lost that great part due to that injury. Bummer ! But you bounced back to be the wonderful person you are today: award winning actress, successful author, beloved wife and loving mother & grandmother ! Bless your heart ! And that song you sang at the end really touched my heart ! I am not familiar with that Yuletide tune but I adore your voice ! Hope you & Don have a great weekend ! Hope to see you back online next week ! Bye for now.... :-)
You know, that's true. Everything that happened in my life made me who I am. Grateful for my bumps and lumps as well as the joys. Hope you have a wonderful weekend as well.
@@megscozyteatime3760 Oodles of thanks for your good wishes, Meg !! :-)
Dear Meg
I am sooo sorry that you were not able to play Constanza in Amadeus. Hearing you speaking about this role with such an emotion(that was one of your dreams to play this character and you couldn't fulfill it)...I can't even imagine how devastating this was to you... The story with F. Murray Abraham is also shocking...he also should have won an Oscar for being such an asshole to someone...spreading false rumors about 2amazing people was malicious!!! It is hard to imagine that he almost ruined your marriage with his stupidity. Meg, you are such a talented actress and a wonderful human being. You have achieved sooo many things in your life!!!...I have the same opinion on Tom Hulce. Meg, you know what?! Probably I should not write this in the comments, but when I was a teenager, I had a crush on Tom Hulce 😃I always thought that he was a handsome, sexy, sweet guy 😉(I am using past tense because Tom is nearly 70, and obviously people do age, but that was always my opinion).
Also it is still unbelievable that Amadeus was shot in 1983, I was born in 1986 in Czechoslovakia!!! It is a fenomenal classic movie made by a great director. I was also wondering, what Constance Mozart would be like if you played the part. Thanks for sharing your story with such a honesty. I wish you all the best in your life.
Many hugs from Central Europe(Vienna) 😊
I guess we now know what that F stands for in Mr. Abraham's name. Sorry about your missed opportunity to play Constanze, I know you would've been a terrific addition to Amadeus. Have a cozy weekend Meg :)
Okay, I'm a terrible person because that made me laugh! Hope you have a cozy weekend as well. :)
@@megscozyteatime3760 I'm sorry it was in poor taste, but I could not pass up the opportunity lol
I'm sad that you never got to film Amadeus, you would have been brilliant! You know that was the first movie that I remember as a child. My mother would bring me along to everything, including movies that were not child friendly persay. I would have been 4 at the time, but I have a distinct memory of the end scene where he's being buried in the paupers grave. OMG, now I want to punch F. Murray too :P what a tool!
Yes. He was buried in a pauper's grave. I remember rehearsing it. The sorrow. He was hard to live with, Constanza had to grow up so fast, she wasn't super smart but she loved him and worked so hard to make ends meet.
Aw I love that Tom was so sweet to you. I've been a fan of his since Hunchback of Notre Dame (I turned 14 that year) and I love learning that the celebs I like are nice. This channel is so cute! Thank you for telling your stories!
What a great story, thank u for sharing.
I have heard this about Mr. Abraham. I am saddened you were not able to continue in "Amadeus." I always enjoy your performances. Thank you for the gift of yourself. Happy Holidays!
Thank you Douglas for your kind words. Happy holidays to you as well. :)
So on my to-do list for after I invent a time machine (or order one off Amazon) and can go back in history to change certain events is "Go to Prague and prevent Meg from playing soccer." I would have loved to have seen you in that role, as it's one of my favorite films and was my go-to "sick day" movie watch back in the 1990s. Elizabeth Berridge has a funny story about being cast as your replacement in the Amadeus DVD special features.
I've never seen the movie. Was too heartbroken. I'm sure it was wonderful though!
@@megscozyteatime3760 I totally understand. Have you talked about Impulse yet? I had it on DVD and picked it up last year on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber's website. It's an interesting little film.
Wow nothing glamorous about that shoot! Thanks for sharing. ❤️🇨🇦
And yet it sounds so fancy, flying first class to Czechoslovakia, wardrobe fitting in Italy, an international cast and crew... Funny how life is, huh?
After watching this great video all I could think was "Man, EFF Murray Abraham!" I'm also thinking that when you woke up in the hospital thank heavens you weren't served blood sausage as a first meal! Oddly enough Mandy Patinkin and that other actor would later star opposite one another in the series "Homeland". Thank you very sharing this & for the song - it will be wonderful to hear more going into Christmas.
Oh my gosh, that would have been hilarious. Hilarious in a bad way, but funny all the same.
As for F Murray Abraham, maybe he mellowed in his later years. I hope for his sake he did.
Thanks for being so sweet about my happy Christmas croaking!
Hi there Meg. I heard about you through the Amadeus special features. You're in the DVD special features and look amazing as Constanze. There's pictures of you with Tom Hulce. The cast had such good things to say about you. I enjoyed your story. I did think Elizabeth Berridge did a fantastic fresh take on the role but I wonder how you would've portrayed Constanze. I always wondered what the behind the scenes of filming were like. Thanks for sharing. Anyways the movie gave me chills and tears from first scene to last when i saw it 11 years ago. You must see it. Get the 2 disc special edition.
Thanks for you lovely note! Amadeus was definitely one of the heartbreaks of my life.
one of the best tea times yet!
Glad you enjoyed it, Martin! :)
This is a great video, really fantastic. Amadeus is an excellent film. Elizabeth Berridge did a great job as Constanze, but I’m sure you would have been great as well. F. Murray Abraham did an excellent job as Salieri, but I can see how he could be a jerk. Sometimes the best actors and actresses can come off quite rude, regardless if they mean to come off that way or not. Tom Hulce was incredible as Mozart. One of the best film performances I’ve seen. All the performances were really stellar in Amadeus and Milos Forman was an incredible director, RIP. I actually wish Hulce won the Academy Award that year as I was so engaged with his performance more than Abraham’s and found him to just be so charismatic in the film, but Abraham did an excellent job too. At the very least, it would have been nice to have seen them tie, but I know the Academy doesn’t really do that. Only two occasions have resulted in there being ties with performances, but I believe they’ve changed the rules so that doesn’t happen again. Again, great video. It’s nice to hear you talk about Tom Hulce.
Unfortunately, he was. As for Tom I am so very glad he was incredible as Mozart. He was an absolute sweetheart, worked very hard and is super talented.
I love the movie, Amadeus so much, I almost have memorized it
It is fascinating to hear your stories on how a film gets made. Also to hear the soccer accident story from you. A horrible time...crushing from the ankle to the lying.
It was a challenging time for sure. Luckily I have wonderful memories from that time as well.
LOVED the song at the end! Sounded very middle ages...
Very pretty tune. Don't think I've ever heard it before.
I'm glad you liked it. I don't know it's origins, just that we always sang it. :)
I ran into Mr. Abraham this past weekend and he was EXTREMELY nice to retake a photo with me that we first did over thirty years ago that didn't come out. He is a gentleman.
That is good to know. He was not a gentleman to me. What he did was terribly cruel to someone who had never done him harm. I am hopeful that you are right and that he is a gentleman now, that life has mellowed him and made him a kinder more compassionate person.
Would love for you and Tom to do something now!
Thanks for this story. Sometimes it is cathartic to let others know about poor behavior. Really enjoyed the movie. Curious how you would have played Constanze. Always enjoyed the play that the film is based on.
Wow the Czech story is insane. I am Slovak and I can imagine the bleakness of that hospital in the times of Czechoslovakia. And you can still remember the surgeon's 'Dobru noc' (Good night)! :D And them giving you hard salami to eat in the hospital :D
Finally bought Jasmin tea, and yes, it smells delightful!!
Isn't it lovely! 😊
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Wow you really spilled a whole pot of tea with that story!
Her tea kettle was straight up boiling telling this story!
Um... eep. Yeah... I kinda did!
The thing was, I was trying to steer around that story, but... well you saw... Out it popped!
That's a great video! Thank you. Can I ask a question? Are you still in touch with Tom? He is amazing and sweet, I love Amadeus. Greetings from the Czech Republic! :)
I haven't talked to him in years, but I think about him quite often and wish him well. And you are right, he is a wonderful person. Thank you for the greetings from Czech Republic! :)
What an amazing Tea Time, Meg. I’ve seen some photos from the rehearsals of Amadeus and I just know you’d have been amazing in that film.
Are there any other roles that you would have loved to play? Have you ever considered doing a musical? The more I think about it, you would have made an amazing Sally Bowles in Cabaret!
Great question! Thanks. I've written it down! :) I was heartbroken about not getting to bring her to fruition, but feel blessed to have had the experience of climbing inside her skin. And even the disappointments make up the rich fabric of my life. :)
@@megscozyteatime3760 And you've said before Meg, that turns in your road like that have brought even better things into your life! 💝💖❣
Hello Miss Tilly,
You don't have to regret what wasn't by bringing Constance to life in a bio of her.
She made Mozart who he is by cataloging his work. She was near penniless after her husband's death. She build a vast wealth and kept his music in tack. Raised her two son's and remarried.
A most remarkable woman. Gives meaning to the saying, behind every good man is a great woman.
Keep up you work on this channel and other endeavors.
Cheers from a tea drinking Canadian 🇨🇦
Thanks for watching! Cheers my fellow Canadian!
Let me get my tea...i'm all ears!
Hi Camcat! :)
Wow, that’s crazy what happened! And how awful to spread a rumor like that!!
I know. Right?! I thought I was over it, but... ahem... as you could probably tell, it still burns me up even after all these years.
Just a thought. Was F. Murray being in character ? Because that’s exactly what Salieri would have done!
I wondered about the same thing. But I've heard from other people that have worked with him in other movies and had similar experiences. He did a lot of damage to me, but I imagine walking in the world the way that he has chosen, must be its own punishment.
@@megscozyteatime3760 thank you for answering. I’m so sorry that happened to you. I also wanted you to know that I think you are such a wonderful actress, raw and vulnerable and truthful. And you seem lovely and sweet in your tea time videos!
isn’t Tom Hulce gay? lmao what was that guy thinking making that stuff up maybe he didn’t know
I have no idea what he was thinking or why he would do such a thing. 100% Tom and I were just friends. In a way he felt like my little brother. Felt protective of him.
Tom is very private, so it’s nice to hear stories about him. He seems super sweet, I wish he was still around acting and producing (idk what he’s working on as of 2023). It’s a shame to hear that Abraham was a jerk. Seriously?? Life is way way too short to be a jerk. Maybe he was just method acting, but who cares?? That’s still no excuse to act horribly.
Well at least Abraham got his cummupance (not sure if that is the spelling 😄) in the movie Scarface...just watch his demise on a loop if you feel the anger rising again 😄...what an ass-hat! Anyway huge admirer of your acting and how unlucky to put so much into Amadeus for it all to be taken away at the last moment😔...at least blood sausage was off the menu after that!...anyway thanks so much for sharing...these tea times are really helping us all get through a bizarre year indeed...sending good vibes from Scotland 🤩
Such a sweet soul.
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@@megscozyteatime3760 Thank you so very much, so do I simply order? Do I need to specify the request when I place the order? Is it a separate purchase?
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Thanks, James! :)
Meg, you finally spilled some tea on teatime!. So sorry someone poured salt on your wound, it figures it was that awful man, I’ve never been a fan of his. No wonder he is so good at playing the villain. On a cozy note, do you ever hear from Mr. Hulce?
Yup. Didn't mean to do any spilling but... Ahem. As for Tom, good question. I'll write it down in my book. Thanks, Tim! :)
It seems like an extreme thing to do…a bit beyond being a dick. Seems like something else was going on. From a guy’s perspective, sounds like old F. Murray was stricken by a case of infatuation…his jealousy made him see red. However, I don’t even know how my phone works, so probably I’m way off.
I felt kind of okay with the fact that FMA won the oscar instead of Tom, because they were both amazing..but after hearing your story it actually makes me a bit bitter he won instead of Tom..what a horrible thing he did. How cruel is that?
Tom Hulce is just as I expected him to be..a sweetheart
During the years I lived and worked in Los Angeles, I became friends with a wonderful lady who used to coach actors in Yiddish (for instance, if the part they were playing would require some convincing use of it). Actually, you remind me a lot of her! Very bubbly and friendly and kind! Anyway, apparently she'd had to coach F. Murray Abraham for some part or other, and described him to me as an awful anti-semite that she did not enjoy having to work with. It's really a shame. I'm sorry that happened to you, but I do wish your husband had spoken up at the time, too. How awful to be sitting on such an ugly lie, believing it true for at least a year!
It was an unfortunate situation all around. I'm just happy it's all in the past and I'm so grateful to be in the place I am now! 😊
What do you think of actors who make "secret" hand signs during their performances? Is it their choice or do the directors/industry push these signs and beliefs on them? Why do you think it is so important to these actors/directors/industry to give these secret society signs? I get it when politicians make these silly signs but it always seems to take away from an actor's performance when they break character to be religious/political/spiritual. I know I ask some tough questions, this one may be too hot to handle. Most people are unaware of these signs and their meanings (that often boggles my mind). Actors, especially the young women, seem to delight in learning these signs and giving them during their performances. I would really doubt that they truly understand what they are doing when they mimic their older actor peers. What do you think?
Hi Jake! I've never heard of this, but I've not been in the business for a while, so maybe it's something new that has cropped up. Personally, I wouldn't do that. It would seem disrespectful to my character.
I don't want to knock Elizabeth Berridge because she was terrific in the movie, but I think Amadeus would have been even better if you played Mozart's wife. You have the right European look whereas Berridge looked too American. Just my opinion.
A broken foot and a strip search - Berridge got off lightly. I am curious as to what you make of her performance? I honestly am in awe of her skills.
Also - Tom is gay, isn’t he? So the affair rumour is ridiculous.
Wow. What an ass. Great story Meg. I guess things happen for a reason. But sorry you lost that part.
I've always loved and respected F. Murray.
Very few actors have his passion and drive. He earned the Academy Award.
Tom did a FANTASTIC job, which FMA always acknowledged. But FMA performance was undeniable. Strong, resolute and committed.
I've been in The Business for 20+ years and I've never disparaged any other actor no matter how I felt personally. So I was greatly disappointed to see it happen here.
I'm not familiar with you or your work, but I hope that you can find it in your heart to be a little more kind in your future.
Godspeed and I wish you well and all of the best.
Peace.
Thanks for your note. I'm glad his acting has brought you pleasure. Personally, working with him is an experience I would never want to repeat.
Shocking to know that F. Murray is so bad of a person, whenever I listen to his interviews, he seems nice, but perhaps that veneer belies the fabric you mention.
I was shocked at what he did to me. I had never been rude or done him any harm. However, anyone can grow. Have regrets and become a better person. I hope for the world and the people in his life that he has.
Isn't Tom Hulce gay anyway? Why would you two be having an affair?
Bisexuality is a thing you know!
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