NEW YORK — Carrie Coon, known for her role in “White Lotus,” recently shed light on the unexpected cancellation of two performances of “Bug,” a new Broadway production she stars in alongside her husband. The cancellations, which occurred just before the show was set to open, were attributed to “unforeseen circumstances” and an “illness.”

In an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Thursday, Coon elaborated on the incident that led to the disruptions. She recounted a specific moment in the play where she uses fake blood as part of her performance. “There’s a moment where I squirt fake blood into my nose, and as soon as the fake blood hit my throat, I started to cough,” she explained, offering her apologies to the audience for the unforeseen cancellations. “Then I realized that my throat was closing every 12 seconds.”

The Golden Globe-nominated actress shared that despite the alarming reaction, they managed to complete the act. In an effort to address her sudden ailment, she was given a variety of over-the-counter medications to alleviate the symptoms.

The Golden Globe-nominee said they finished the act and pumped her full of over-the-counter drugs to try and counteract whatever had happened. 

“They got me Afrin and Pepsid AC and Advil, and I just filled my body with things. So we did that, and then we kind of held to see if it would stop, and it didn’t stop,” she said. 

The remainder of the show was canceled, as was a later performance that same day. 

After seeing a doctor, getting a massage and “needles in my ear” from an acupuncturist, Coon told the crew to prepare for what she called a laryngeal spasm to continue opening night. 

Luckily the spasming stopped an hour before showtime, allowing the show to go on as planned. 

The play is the Broadway premiere of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company’s critically-acclaimed 2021 run about an “unexpected and intense romance between a lonely waitress (Carrie Coon) and a mysterious drifter (Namir Smallwood),” according to the Manhattan Theatre Club.

The club calls the show a “sexy psychological thriller.”

Prior to Broadway, the show debuted in 1996 in London and was later produced off-Broadway in 2004, according to PEOPLE. It was also turned into a movie in 2006 with Michael Shannon, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr.

Letts is known for his work on “Ford v. Ferrari,” “Ladybird” and, most recently, “A House of Dynamite.” He and Coon married in 2013. 

Deadline reported that the cast is expected to remain the same. It will feature Carrie Coon as Agnes White; Namir Smallwood as Peter Evans; Randall Arney as Dr. Sweet; Jennifer Engstrom as R.C.; and Steve Key as Jerry Goss. 

Creative credits go to Tracy Letts as the playwright; David Cromer as the director; Takeshi Kata for Scenic Design; Sarah Laux for Costume Design; Heather Gilbert for Lighting Design; Josh Schmidt for Sound Design, J. Jared Janas for Hair & Makeup Design; Gigi Buffington for Dialect & Vocal Coach; Marcus Watson as the Intimacy Coordinator & Fight Director; JC Clementz for Casting; Zoë Adams as the Associate Director; Christine D. Freeburg as the Production Stage Manager; and Amanda Michaels as the Stage Manager.