Still, people in opera can tell, 60 years later, the story of Roberta Peters, who at the last minute stepped in to perform the peasant girl Zerlina in "Don Giovanni".
"All the Money in the World" star Christopher Plummer, the veteran actor who at the last minute stepped into the role of billionaire J. Paul Getty when Kevin Spacey was dropped from the completed film amid sexual misconduct allegations, is the oldest acting Oscar nominee to date.
Opponents of separation begin to fear they are losing and take dramatic last-minute steps to keep the nation together.
Europe's leaders hailed the last-minute steps, which included a reduction in interest rates on loans from Greece's first rescue in 2010, and European central banks' forgoing profit on their Greek bond holdings.
But at the last minute I stepped away, because I wanted to be a writer instead.
On another occasion the BBC was all ready to announce that Peter Kay was standing in for an ill Bruce Forsyth, but was not able to secure him and at the last minute Ronnie Corbett stepped into 'Brucie's' dancing shoes instead and promptly tripped down the stairs.
But at the last minute Sonos stepped in and is generously offering to give one of our lucky readers a $399 Sonos ZonePlayer S5 all-in-one wireless music system.
But at the last minute, Warner Bros. stepped in and said they wanted to make the movie.
Choi had not been slated for the Bronson Caves lineup, but after a reader bowed out at the last minute he stepped in.
Lewis Kiniski Ryan Stiless) backs out of the performance at the last minute, but Larry Almada Ian Gomezz) steps in as his replacement.
On the morning of 18 December, the emperor appeared to deposit the imperial insignia at the Temple of Concord, but at the last minute retraced his steps to the imperial palace.
