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James McAvoy recalls his first day on the set of the Brothers filming and says one of his co-stars harassed him. McAvoy revealed this during a visit to Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" while promoting "IMDb Chai," and also spoke about names. After a photo from the HBO series was shown, McAvoy took a closer look […]

James McAvoy recalls his first day on the set of Brothers and says he was bullied by a co-star.

While visiting Bravo's Watch What Happens Live during "Spill the IMDb Tea," McAvoy revealed that while not remembering the names.

After being shown a photo from the HBO series, McAvoy took a closer look at the image and said, "Wait, let me see if he's there? No, I don't think he's there. Oh, yes, he is."

"Okay, so I won't tell you who it was," he added. "[But]… one of the kids in that picture decided to tease me on my first day out of acting school as a professional actor! So he made him and his friends just stand and point and laugh at me for three minutes." Related News Apple Show News James Corden and Ruth Jones, guest stars Hannah Waddingham, James McAvoy and Jim Broadbent news "Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas" and episode guide set for Bravo

McAvoy explained that the scene he was shooting involved "a bunch of actors," adding, "It was one of those scenes where everybody's there, and we're in a bar. And I had a scene, and all these guys were in it for, like, nine, 10 months, and you get one line in one episode and one line in 10 episodes, and they all came in one episode one episode later. I have several lines. Watch on Deadline

The actor noted that his co-stars Dexter Fletcher and Robin Ling called him and said, "Come hang out with us, man."

McAvoy assessed his experience on the set of The Brothers, saying, "Part of that day was a 9, but that day was like a two [out of 10]."

Bravo host Andy Cohen said he would receive tea from McAvoy during the commercial break, but the actor said he would not confirm who. However, McAvoy didn't know it wasn't David Schwimmer because he wasn't in the photo that was shown on the screen.

In the photo in question, Donnie Wahlberg as Carwood Lipton, Kirk Acevedo as Joe Toy, Scott Grimes as Donald Malarkey, Philip Barantini as Wayne A. "Skinny" Sisk, Neal McDonough as Lynn "Buck" Compton, Adam James as Cleveland O. Liebgut

Band of Brothers is a 2001 drama series created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg and based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Steven E. Ambrose.

Watch McAvoy's interview in the video below.

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