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<\/p>\nMiriam Margoyles has slammed famed comedian Steve Martin\u00a0after she starred in a film with with him in the Eighties.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 82-year-old Harry Potter star worked with Martin on the 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors, and claims the experience was ‘vile’ and described her American co-star as ‘unkind’.<\/p>\n
‘I just thought he was rather horrid. He was a c**t, that\u2019s all I can tell you,’ she alleged in an with News.com.<\/p>\n
Margoyles explained she had to share a scene with Martin, now 78, in which he played a dentist and she was a receptionist.<\/p>\n
In the scene, her character is ‘punched’ by Martin’s and she explained it took several takes before the funnyman was satisfied.<\/p>\n
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Miriam Margoyles has slammed famed comedian Steve Martin after she starred in a film with with him in the Eighties\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The 82-year-old Harry Potter star worked with Martin on the 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors, and claims the experience was ‘vile’ and described her American co-star as ‘unkind’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Margoyles described the Father of the Bride star as a ‘brilliant perfectionist,’ but she felt left out of the process.<\/p>\n
‘I didn\u2019t enjoy it and I had a splitting headache at the end of the day,’ she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe (Steve Martin) was incredibly unfriendly, because he was a perfectionist.’<\/p>\n
She did have some nice words for Martin though, calling him very ‘gifted’ and her scene in the finished film with him ‘very good’.<\/p>\n
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‘I just thought he was rather horrid. He was a c**t, that\u2019s all I can tell you,’ she alleged in an with News.com\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martin, 78, first rose to fame as a stand-up comedian and later starred in Saturday Night Live,\u00a0 before launching a blockbuster big screen career with the hit movies The Jerk (1979),\u00a0Three Amigos (1986), and the Father of Bride Franchise.<\/p>\n
He is now starring in the hit streaming series Only Murders in The Building on Disney+.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Margoyles, who appeared last year in the ABC travel series Australia Unmasked, will publish a new memoir on September 12.<\/p>\n
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She did have some nice words for Martin though, calling him very ‘gifted’ and her scene in the finished film with him ‘very good’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Called Oh Miriam!, the book takes readers behind the scenes of the star’s 50-year-career on TV, stage and screen.<\/p>\n
Included in the book is an unflattering portrait of rock legend Mick Jagger.<\/p>\n
She also reveals she turned down a high-profile role in a Marvel film , because she did not want to live in America.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Margoyles is best known for playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series.<\/p>\n