Steve Martin said that he had to 'object' to 'Harry Potter' actress Miriam Margolyes claims that he actually hit her during the filming of a scene from their movie 'Little Shop of Horrors.'
"Also on the set, keeping their eyes on the action, was the highly skilled and sensitive director, Frank Oz, a stunt coordinator, a camera crew, a script supervisor, as well as extras who witnessed the entire, very-well rehearsed scene," Martin concluded.
In the film, Martin played sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello D.D.S. while Margolyes portrayed his dental nurse.lso provided a statement to Fox News Digital in which he defended Martin and called Margolyes' account of the scene"puzzling" "I always rehearse physical actions in slow motion," Oz wrote."The scene was supposed to include a fake punch. It’s puzzling what she’s talking about. It’s not the Steve I know or anyone knows. He's always been professional and respectful of everyone on all of my shoots."LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
In the film, Martin played sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello D.D.S. while Margolyes portrayed his dental nurse. During the"Dentist!" musical number, Martin's character punches Margolyes' character in the face and later slams a door on in her face, knocking her onto the floor. "I was hit all day by doors opening in my face; repeatedly punched, slapped and knocked down by an unlovely and unapologetic Steve Martin – perhaps he was method acting – and came home grumpy with a splitting headache," Margolyes wrote in her memoir, per The Independent.
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