Cate Blanchett was injured in the middle of a stage performance of A Streetcar Named Desire in Sydney, Australia. This just happened a few hours ago, because the performance was on Wednesday night. Apparently, during the course of a scene, one of Cate’s castmates threw a radio and it hit her in the head. According to eyewitness reports, Cate had blood “streaming” out of some kind of gaping head wound. It was so bad that the play ended just seconds later and the audience was basically told to go home. They must have had to rush Cate to the hospital to get her checked out:

Cate Blanchett suffered a head injury Wednesday after she was hit by a prop during a live performance in her native Australia, according to reports.

The actress, 40, was performing in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Sydney Theatre Company when cast member Joel Edgerton threw a radio, as per the script, and it hit Blanchett on the head.

An audience member tells the Sydney Morning Herald that “she had blood streaming down the back of her head and blood on the back of her neck.”

Adds the witness, “She acted for about another 30 seconds, then ran into what we thought was the next scene, but before we knew it the lights were turned on and we were told there were technical difficulties and everyone had to evacuate the Sydney Theatre Company.”

A rep for Blanchett has yet to issue a statement.

[From Us Weekly]

Damn, this concerns me. I hope we get a “she’s fine” message soon. I’ve had simple head injuries before (don’t ask, it involved a shovel and that’s all I’m saying) and one thing is for sure – they always look terrible. Head wounds are gushers. I hope that in Cate’s case, she just needed stitches and some bed rest – she’s one of our greatest actresses.

UPDATE: Cate’s rep is saying that she’s “fine” and that the play will go tomorrow (Thursday). She probably just needed stitches.

Here are Cate Blancett and her husband Andrew Upton as they leave the Sydney Opera House on August 3rd. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .