Miriam Margolyes has claimed that her former co-star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, committed a bad act in front of her on a film set.
Miriam Margolyes is not a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The veteran British film and television star, who appeared in the Harry Potter franchise like Professor Sprout: has lifted the lid on his former least favorite co-star on the news.com.au podcast, I have news for you.
“Schwarzenegger, he didn’t care … he’s a little too full of himself,” Margolyes, 81, told host Andrew Bucklow.
“He was actually pretty rude. He farted in my face. Now, I fart, of course I do, but I don’t fart in people’s faces. He did it deliberately, right in my face.”
The actress alleged that the incident occurred when they appeared in front of each other in the 1999 action horror film. End of dayswhich was shot in Los Angeles.
“He was playing Satan’s sister and (his character) was killing me, so he had me in a position where I couldn’t escape, lying on the ground. And he just threw farts,” Margolyes said.
“He wasn’t in the movie, he was on one of the breaks, but I didn’t forgive him.”
The stinking accusation comes before the premiere of his new ABC program, Miriam Margolyes: Unmasked Australia, who sees the star back on the road, traveling west across the country.
During her eight-week trip through the southern parts of Australia, Margolyes tries to determine if everyday Australians feel like they are becoming “just”.
He described the production as “great fun”, but added that filming the three-part series left her “exhausted”.
The BAFTA-winning actress became a citizen in 2013 after years of splitting her time between London and Australia.
He now lives in the southern highlands of New South Wales with his longtime partner, Heather Sutherland, a retired Australian professor of Indonesian studies. The two have been together since 1968.
Margolyes faced a negative reaction after the premiere of his documentary ABC Almost Australian in 2020, after describing his adopted country as “brutal” and “greedy” during a promotional interview at the time
She said the filming process left her disenchanted with Australia, in particular the popular tourist destination Surfer’s Paradise.
“There’s a brutality there and a greed in Australia, which I don’t like,” he said TV tonight from his visit to the highly developed stretch of the Queensland coast.
“You know, developers. Those horrible structures along the coast, that people should be ashamed of living in Surfers Paradise, are disgusting. I think that surprised me because I don’t go there. It’s not my world and I don’t want to go there ”.
“… We think we know what it’s like (Australia), but we don’t know. It’s pretty complicated. It is layered. A lot of things happen. I think he was right it’s harder than it was. Maybe this is true in the world.
Her new series, Miriam Margolyes Unmasked Australiapremieres tomorrow night (July 19) at 8:30 p.m. on ABC TV and ABC iview.