Miyazawa Rie stands in for Amami Yuki in stage play "Onore Napoleon"

Miyazawa Rie successfully completed her first performance as Amami Yuki's stand-in in the stage play "Onore Napoleon" on 10 May held at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijou and was met with thunderous applause for her efforts. As Amami Yuki was ill due to myocardial infarction, Miyazawa was asked by the lead actor Noda Hideki to stand in for Amami who needs to rest for about 1 week to 10 days.

Given the fact that Miyazawa only had two days to practice before going on stage, it was extremely tough for her but she still accepted the offer because of her benefactor Noda. Back in late 2008 when Miyazawa was in the early stages of her pregnancy and had not married her then-husband yet, she was about to quit from one of Noda's plays then as it was supposed to run for 2 months and her condition would not allow her to act in it. After hearing that, Noda secretly changed parts of the script so that Miyazawa would have an easier time on stage and that her pregnancy would not be known until she made the announcement herself. According to insiders, Miyazawa only received the script for "Onore Napoleon" in the early hours of 8 May and started rehearsals that afternoon. On the following day, she had to attend the press conference for another play and only continued rehearsals after she was done with that event. Knowing how much Amami, Noda and the rest of the cast and crew wanted the play to finish its run and having watched the play as a member of the audience, Miyazawa then took on the difficult task of standing in for Amami as a way to repay the favour to Noda.

Source: Sponichi