- Miriam Margolyes said she farted next to Arnold Schwarzenegger on the "End of Days" film set.
- In her new memoir, she wrote that this prompted the actor to fart in her face a few days later.
Miriam Margolyes is revealing even more about the time she says that Arnold Schwarzenegger farted in her face.
Margolyes first made the accusation during an interview on News.com.au's "I've Got News For You" podcast last year, saying that the incident happened when she and Schwarzenegger filmed the 1999 movie "End of Days."
"He was actually quite rude. He farted in my face. Now, I fart, of course. I do. But I don't fart in people's faces. He did it deliberately, right in my face," Margolyes said at the time.
In her new memoir, "Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life," Margolyes writes that, in fact, she farted first.
"In the anxiety of our rehearsals, I allowed a medium-strength fart to escape. The sound effect was inevitable but there was no odourama, I assure you," Margolyes writes. "Arnie, however, leapt upon my transgression with frenzy. He couldn't stop talking about it, constantly referring to it, showing his shock and revulsion."
Margolyes goes on to write that Schwarzenegger got her back a few days later when they were filming her death scene in "End of Days."
The "Harry Potter" actor says she was lying on the floor as Schwarzenegger's character was about to kill her.
"Arnie had me pinned under him, utterly at his mercy. It was then he delivered the coup de grâce (or should I say, coup de disgrâce?). He farted, loudly, purposefully, and malevolently, directly into my face – and then laughed uproariously," Margolyes writes.
The actor continues: "He did it deliberately because he didn't like me, had no respect for me, and knew he could get away with it. I was really cross and shouted, 'Fuck you, Arnie!'"
Representatives for Schwarzenegger did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Elsewhere in her memoir, which was published in the UK on Thursday, Margolyes says that actor Steve Martin was "horrid" to her on the set of "Little Shop of Horrors."
Margolyes played a dental nurse who works for Martin's dentist character. In one scene, Martin had to slam a door in her face.
Margolyes writes: "During my only musical number ('Dentist!') I was hit all day by doors opening in my face; repeatedly punched, slapped, and knocked down by an unlovely and unapologetic Steve Martin – perhaps he was method acting – and came home grumpy with a splitting headache."
"Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life" is available to buy at Amazon, Bookshop, and other bookstores.