SHORT TAKES : Principal ‘Rehearsed’ in Dark

Victoria Principal prepared for her role as a blind woman in a Sunday made-for-television movie by wearing a blindfold for two weeks.

“I cooked dinner blindfolded, I baked, I made sandwiches, I scrambled eggs, ate meals, and I even tended to business at my office with my eyes covered,” said the former star of CBS’s “Dallas” in an interview with TV Guide.

In the ABC movie “Blind Witness,” Principal plays a determined blind woman who avenges her husband’s murder. During filming in Utah, she wore special contact lenses that distorted her vision and made her legally blind.

“I had to memorize all my locations before we shot a scene,” said Principal, who was also executive producer for the movie. “I would count every step and practice moving to my marks over and over again because I couldn’t see my marks.”