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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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LINDSEY BAHR | AP Film Writer

Vicky Krieps, director bring a modern edge to Austria’s Empress Elisabeth in ‘Corsage’

Actress Vicky Krieps poses for a portrait to promote the film “Corsage” in which she stars as Empress Elisabeth of Australia. (Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES — Things had gotten a little real on the set of “ Corsage,” but nobody expected the star, Vicky Krieps, to jump out the window that day.

The scene involved a fencing match between Krieps, playing Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and Florian Teichtmeister as Emperor Franz Joseph. It’s a straightforward match and Elisabeth is supposed to be winning, in the midst of a tense argument. But Teichtmeister decided to change the choreography in the moment so he would win instead.

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