- Rachel Ward, Fortress, TV, Australia, 1986. First replacement for Bess Armstritg in the true tale of a down-under schoolteacher kidnapped with her pupils. Australian Equity and federal government banned any American in the, “by definition,” Australian role. Of the 7,500 Equity members, Thornton was pregnant and replaced by the British Ward – Australian via her marriage to Bryan Brown and also pregnant. Except but Crawford Productions waited for her.
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