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James McAvoy has claimed he was bullied by his co-star on Band Of Brothers when he joined the series for one episode at the start of his career.
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The actor, 47, who has gone on to become a Hollywood star, got his break in the American war drama mini-series which aired in 2001.
But James has now revealed he did not get a warm welcome into the industry, as one of his fellow actors 'pointed at him and laughed' to try and intimidate him.
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one → go → him
The Scottish native spoke to Andy Cohen about his experience on Watch What Happens Live, who was asking him about various projects from his career.
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who → speak → career
He showed a still image from Band Of Brothers and James admitted that he did not enjoy his time making the episode.
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he → show → episode
While looking at the photograph, he said: 'Is he in there?
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he → look → photograph
No, I don't think he is in there – Ah! Yeah he is.'
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James McAvoy has claimed he was bullied by his co-star on Band Of Brothers when he joined the series for one episode at the start of his career
But James has now revealed he did not get a warm welcome into the industry, as one of his fellow actors 'pointed at him and laughed' to try and intimidate him
The photo showed Philip Barantini, Donnie Wahlberg, Kirk Acevedo, Scott Grimes, Neal McDonough, Adam James, Frank John Hughes and Ross McCall.
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photo → claim → Barantini
Telling the story, he said: 'On my first day on set, there was like a ton of actors.
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he → tell → actors
James, who was 22 at the time, explained that tension stemmed from being given more lines to say, while longer-standing members of the cast only had one.
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members → explain → one
He said: 'I had a scene and all these guys were in it for like nine months, 10 months, and they get one line in one episode, and one line 10 episodes later.
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they → say → episode
And they were all p***ed.
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they → p***e → ?
'And I come in for one episode and I've got like an arc and scenes.
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I → come → arc
I've got tons of lines.
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I → get → lines
And so, one of the guys in that picture decided to bully me on my first day as a professional actor out of acting school.
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one → decide → school
James did not name the actor who he alleges bullied him and 'got his buddies to stand, point and laugh at me for like, three minutes'.
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buddies → name → minutes
The Scottish native spoke to Andy Cohen about his experience on Watch What Happens Live, who was asking him about various projects from his career
He did rule out David Schwimmer and said Dexter Fletcher and Robin Laing 'took me aside, they were like, "come hang with us man"'.
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James played the role of Private First Class James W Miller, who was a real life US soldier, featuring heavily in the episode before being killed in action.
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who → play → action
Private Miller, 20, was killed by an enemy shell in the Netherlands on September 20, 1944.
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Miller → kill → September
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