Nicola WalkerBest known for her role in ‘Unforgotten’, she has made a shocking confession about her experience filming her new series ‘Alice and Steve’. The 56-year-old actor revealed during filming that he genuinely believed his canine co-star was dead after seeing what he believed to be the dog lying on a table.In an interview with the Mirror, Walker explained that the culprit was an elaborate prop rather than the real thing, but the moment left him understandably shaken.
As Nicola Walker said despite the prop dogs
Walker explained that the scene required his canine character Crosby, played by the real dog Mabel, to appear lifeless. Since Mabel couldn’t play dead, the production team created a very realistic rubber prop. “There’s a scene where we obviously think something terrible has happened to Crosby, and you can’t pretend a dog is dead,” Walker said. “So they made this prop dog. And the prop dog, I walked around the set one day and I thought Mabel was dead on a table. But they did this amazing thing, as you got closer, you realized it was a rubberized dead dog.”He added with a laugh, “It’s really weird and it’s one of those days where you think, ‘This job is really weird.'”
What a protagonist Jemaine Clement she said about working with Mabel
Clement, 52, who worked closely with Mabel during production, shared his memorable anecdote about the dog. After a month of training, Mabel apparently learned to sneeze for a reward, with Clement often taking it. “Sometimes I would hold him on my chest and he would sneeze in my face. So it wasn’t nice for me. But he was very popular with the rest of the cast,” she said. The ‘Flight of the Conchords’ star added: “For the rest of the cast, it was really funny when he sneezed in my face.”He also revealed an unexpected challenge on set. “I got to carry the dog Mabel, who plays Crosby, and I got to carry Nicola. Carrying Nicola is easier, more cooperative,” he joked.
What is ‘Alice and Steve’ about?
‘Alice and Steve’ is being billed as an anti-romantic comedy and comes from a writer Sophie GoodhartHe also wrote ‘Sex Education’ and ‘Rivals’. The show delves into what happens when a woman finds out her best friend is dating her daughter. Walker’s grieving mother Alice is left heartbroken that her 26-year-old daughter Izzy, played by Yali Topol-Margalith, is having an affair with her 50-year-old best friend Steve, played by Clement. As Alice tries to separate the two, all hell breaks loose after Steve fights back and things escalate beyond what either of them could have imagined.‘Alice and Steve’ is available to stream on Disney+.
