Scots actor James McAvoy was put in his place by an eight year old after he mistakenly swore in her face on the set of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Shameless star James plays Mr Tumnus, the kindly faun and is the first magical creature to be befriended by Lucy Pevensie, played by Georgie Henley.
On their first day of filming in New Zealand together James, 26, admitted: “I’d been crying all day for this scene and had a cold. I was wearing a gelatine nose to make my nostrils look like a goat’s.
“There was snot because of the cold, then I was crying so there was extra snot, building up there. My nose started to melt, I pushed it back on with my finger and it came off. I went ‘f*** it’ – in this eight year-old’s face.
“I was mortified and to teach me a lesson she made the Potty Mouthed Bucket and I had to put four New Zealand dollars in it.”
James laughed but still shows his embarrassment at what he did. Especially as earlier that day Georgie had been spellbound seeing him as Mr Tumnus for the very first time.