Instead, Margolyes described the actor as being \u201chorrid\u201d to her on set, suggesting that he had struck her more than once while filming Little Shop.\n

According to the Independent, in her memoir, which dropped on September 12, Margolyes wrote: \u201cI was hit all day by doors opening in my face; repeatedly punched, slapped and knocked down by an unlovely and unapologetic Steve Martin \u2013 perhaps he was method acting \u2013 and came home grumpy with a splitting headache.\u201c\n

She added: \u201cLet it not be said that I have never suffered in the name of art.\u201d\n

The actress then doubled down on the troubling claims during an interview with Australian outlet news.com.au while promoting her book.\n

\u201cSteve was and is brilliant, this is not about his talent, just about his kindness at that time in his life,\u201d Margolyes said.\n

Recalling the filming of the famous \u201cDentist!\u201d musical number \u2013 wherein Martin\u2019s character punches Margolyes\u2019 and slams a door in her face \u2013 the 82-year-old added:\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t enjoy it and I had a splitting headache at the end of the day.\n

\u201cHe [Martin] was incredibly unfriendly, because he was a perfectionist. He was an artist and all he was interested in was getting the comic moment right, and he was correct to do that, but he should have included me.\n

\u201cI would have included the person I was working with. He wasn\u2019t interested in that.\u201d\n

In conclusion, she added: \u201cI just thought he was rather horrid. He was a c\u2014, that\u2019s all I can tell you.\u201d\n

He went on: \u201cI remember taking EXTREME caution regarding the fake punch \u2013 the same caution I would use with any similar scene. She assured me she felt fine, and we did a few successful takes and stopped.\n

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\u201cThere was never any physical contact between her and me, accidental or otherwise, in this scene or any other we shot.\n

\u201cAlso 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.\u201d\n

Coincidentally, Little Shop of Horrors director Frank Oz also weighed in on the matter, appearing to put his weight behind Martin\u2019s version of events.\n

\u201cI always rehearse physical actions in slow motion,\u201d Oz said in his statement to Fox News Digital. \u201cThe scene was supposed to include a fake punch. It\u2019s puzzling what she\u2019s talking about. It\u2019s not the Steve I know or anyone knows. He\u2019s always been professional and respectful of everyone on all of my shoots.\u201d\n

I\u2019m a big Steve Martin fan, so I must admit to being surprised at Margolyes\u2019 claims. If you also appreciate Martin, check out the jaw-dropping statement he made last year here that confirmed the rumors were true.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Within the pages of Margolyes\u2019 new memoir Oh Miriam: Stories from an Extraordinary Life, she pulled no punches when it came to suggesting that Martin isn\u2019t quite the friendly, lovable figure fans believe him to be. Instead, Margolyes described the actor as being \u201chorrid\u201d to her on set, suggesting that he had struck her more […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}