Nicola Walker, famous for her role in Unforgotten, surprisingly confessed her experience filming her new series Alice and Steve. The 56-year-old actress revealed that during filming she actually thought her canine co-star had died after she noticed what she thought was the dog lying on the 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 her understandably shaken.
What did nicola walker say about The prop dog incident
Walker explained that the scene in question required her dog character Crosby, played by the real-life dog Mabel, to appear lifeless. Since Mabel was unable to play dead on cue, the production team created a highly realistic rubber prop. “There’s a scene where clearly something terrible happened that we believe happened to Crosby, and you can’t have a dog pretend to be dead,” Walker said.
“So they made this prop dog. And the prop dog, I passed by it one day and I thought Mabel had died on the table.
“But they made it amazing, and the closer I got to it the more I realized it was a dead dog in rubber.”“It’s really weird, and it’s one of those days where you think this job is really weird,” she added with a laugh.
What a co-star Jimin Clement He said about working with Mabel
Clement, 52, who worked closely with Mabel throughout the production, shared his memorable anecdote about the dog.
After a month of training, Mabel has apparently learned to sneeze on command in order to get a treat, with Clement often bearing the brunt of it. “Sometimes I would put her on my chest and she would sneeze on my face. So, it wasn’t nice for me. But she was very popular among the rest of the cast,” he said.
“For the rest of the cast, it was really funny when she sneezed on my face,” the “Flight of the Conchords” star added.He also revealed an unexpected challenge in the group. He joked: “I had to carry Crosby’s dog, Mabel, and I had to carry Nicola. It’s easier to carry Nicola, more cooperative.”
What is “Alice and Steve” about?
“Alice and Steve” is described as an anti-romantic comedy and is written by writer Sophie Goodhart, who also wrote “Sex Education” and “Rivals.” The series deals with what happens when a woman discovers that her best friend is dating her daughter. Walker plays grieving mother Alice, who is devastated to find that her 26-year-old daughter Izzie, 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 now available to stream on Disney+.
