Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial inspired a musical opening in London

Gwyneth Paltrow‘s unforgettable ski crash test gets a musical treatment.

Gwyneth goes skiinga parody show inspired by the trial, opens at Britain’s Pleasance London Main House Cabaret on December 13 and runs until December 23. Made by the British theater group Awkward Productions, actors Linus Karp And Joseph Martijn will star as Paltrow, 51, and an optometrist Terry Sandersonrespectively.

“She’s the Goop founder, Shakespeare-in-Loving, consciously unplugged Hollywood superstar. He is a retired optometrist from Utah. In 2016 they went skiing,” reads a description of the musical shared via Instagram. “On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided and so did they – literally. Ouch. In 2023 they went to court. Double ouch.”

The show’s official poster shows Karp with Paltrow dressed in winter clothes and holding a candle with the caption, “This smells like a lawsuit,” poking fun at Paltrow’s infamous “This Smells Like My Vagina” Goop candle. Martin’s Sanderson, meanwhile, stands in the background with a black eye and crooked glasses.

Gwyneth goes skiing is not the only project based on the pilot in the works. Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland announced in July that the case would be turned into a docuseries titled Gwyneth vs. Terry: The Ski Crash Trial.

Sanderson, 76, sued Paltrow in January 2019 for crashing into him while skiing in Deer Valley, Utah, three years earlier. In court documents obtained by We weekly Sanderson claimed at the time that he suffered “a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries” after Paltrow lost control on the slopes and hit him in the back. He demanded damages of more than three million dollars.

Sanderson also claimed that Paltrow’s ski instructor “failed to send help” after the incident and “filed a false report to protect his client.” Paltrow, in turn, responded to the allegations in a statement Us, noting: “This lawsuit is completely without merit and we expect to be vindicated.” She filed a countersuit in February 2019, claiming she suffered a “full body blow” after Sanderson “plowed into her back.”

The case went to trial earlier this year after a judge reduced Sanderson’s damages request to $300,000. The weeklong trial made headlines in March, from Paltrow’s courtroom style to lawyers questioning her friendship with her. Taylor Swift.

While testifying on the third day of the trial, Paltrow claimed she initially thought the crash was an assault. “I was skiing and two skis came between my skis forcing my legs apart and then a body pressed against me and there was a very strange grunting sound so my brain was trying to understand what was happening,” she said . “I thought, ‘Is this a joke? Is someone doing something perverse? This is really strange.’ My thoughts were racing and I was trying to determine what was going on.

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While Sanderson’s daughter, Shae, who testified in her father’s favor on March 24, Paltrow’s daughter Apple, 19, and son Moses, 17, expressed their support for their mother. For his part, Moses said in his statement that he “briefly” witnessed “the collision” while skiing with Paltrow’s instructor. Apple claimed that she had “never seen my mother shaken up like that and she was very visibly upset and in some sort of pain.” (Paltrow shares her children with ex-husband Chris Martin.)

Paltrow ultimately won the case on March 30 after the jury found her not liable. She received $1 in damages. According to AdditionalPaltrow told Sanderson, “I wish you the best,” before leaving the courtroom, to which he replied, “Thank you, honey.”

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Last month, Paltrow reflected on the “weird” legal drama, tellingly The New York Times that she wanted to move on. “I don’t know if I’ve even processed it. It was something I felt like I survived,” she said. “Sometimes it takes a long time in my life to look back, process something and understand something.”