Steve Martin (left) and Miriam Margolyes (right).Photo:Mark Sagliocco/Getty; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty
Mark Sagliocco/Getty; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty
Steve Martintook objection to hisLittle Shop of Horrorsco-starMiriam Margolyes’ recent allegationthat he actually hit her when they filmed their scenes together in the 1986 musical.
“My memory is that we had a good communication as professional actors,” Martin’s statement read. “But when it is implied that I harmed her or was in some way careless about doing the stunts, I have to object. I remember taking EXTREME caution regarding the fake punch — the same caution I would use with any similar scene.”
Martin said Margolyes, 82, told him she was OK after filming, adding that director Frank Oz and others were on the set to make sure nothing went wrong.
Steve Martin.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Museum Of Modern Art
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Museum Of Modern Art
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“There was never any physical contact between her and me, accidental or otherwise, in this scene or any other we shot,” Martin continued.
“I always rehearse physical actions in slow motion,” Oz wrote in his own statement. “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.”
Martin played dentist Orin Scrivello, with Margoyles playing his nurse inLittle Shop of Horrors. During his song “Dentist!,” Scrivello punched his nurse and slammed the door in her face.
In her new memoirOh Miriam: Stories from an Extraordinary Life, theHarry Potteractress claimed that Martin actually struck her while filming their scenes.
She went on to write that Martin was “undeniably brilliant, but horrid to me.”
Margolyes compared Martin toSteve Buscemi, whom she worked with inEd and His Dead Motherin 1993. She called theBig Lebowskistar, 65, “unerringly sweet,” adding that he “knocked spots off Steve Martin.”
Steve Martin (left) and Miriam Margolyes (right) in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’.Warner Bros
Warner Bros
The actress also admitted to not being a fan ofArnold Schwarzenegger. Last year, she told news.com.au’sI’ve Got News for Youpodcast that the former California governor, 76, “farted in my face” when they madeEnd of Daystogether in 1999.
“Now, I fart, of course I do — but I don’t fart in people’s faces. He did it deliberately, right in my face,” Margolyes said, adding that she thought Schwarzenegger was “a bit too full of himself.”
Oh Miriamwill be released in January.
source: people.com
