Miriam Margolyes said that Steve Martin was “horrid” to her while filming “Little Shop of Horrors.”
In her new memoir, Margolyes recalled a scene in which Martin slams a door in her face.
She said Martin was “unlovely and unapologetic” while filming the scene.
Miriam Margolyes says that Steve Martin was “horrid” to her while they were filming “Little Shop of Horrors.”
In the 1986 classic, Margolyes played a dental nurse who, in one scene, had doors slammed in her face by her boss, Orin Scrivello (Martin).
In her new memoir, “Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life,” which is available now, the “Harry Potter” actor says she had an “uncomfortable” experience on the set of “Little Shop of Horrors.”
“Steve Martin was the psychopathic dentist; yes, he was undeniably brilliant, but horrid to me,” Margolyes writes of the “Only Murders in the Building” star.
“During my only musical number (‘Dentist!’) 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 continues.
She adds: “Let it not be said that I have never suffered in the name of Art.”
Representatives for Martin did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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The 82-year-old actor later adds that she enjoyed working with Steve Buscemi on “Ed and his Dead Mother” a lot better.
“Steve Buscemi is a brilliant actor and we had a delightful rapport. For somebody who’s being terrorized by me in the form of a murderous living corpse, he was unerringly sweet – knocked spots off Steve Martin,” Margolyes writes.
In 2020, Margolyes told Wylde Magazine that “Little Shop Of Horrors” was her least favorite role.
“I had to be hit all day, and fall down all day, and I came home grumpy with a headache,” she said. “So I think that’s my least favorite experience, really.”
“Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life” is available to buy at Amazon, Bookshop, and other bookstores.
