Friday 20 May 2022 11:58 PM Martin Freeman admits he felt 'humiliated' after failing to prepare for scene ... trends now

Friday 20 May 2022 11:58 PM Martin Freeman admits he felt 'humiliated' after failing to prepare for scene ... trends now
Friday 20 May 2022 11:58 PM Martin Freeman admits he felt 'humiliated' after failing to prepare for scene ... trends now

Friday 20 May 2022 11:58 PM Martin Freeman admits he felt 'humiliated' after failing to prepare for scene ... trends now

Martin Freeman has admitted he felt humiliated after failing to prepare for a scene while filming BBC's The Responder, adding that he 'should have known better'.

The actor, 50, who refused to specify which moment in the police drama he was referring to, confessed he made the gaffe in front of 80 people working on the show.

Speaking to MailOnline at the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival, the veteran film star said he was left thinking, 'F*****g hell, I'm not ready,' after realising his mistake.

Worrying: Martin Freeman has admitted he felt humiliated after failing to prepare for a scene while filming BBC's The Responder, adding that he 'should have known better'

Worrying: Martin Freeman has admitted he felt humiliated after failing to prepare for a scene while filming BBC's The Responder, adding that he 'should have known better'

He began: 'It is a more akin to athletics and sport actually than people would realise. You've got to do something. You've got to be physically prepared, you've got to be mentally prepared.

'For me, it's about focus and I don't say that to sort of pretend, "Oh we all just turn up and one minute we're looking at the crossword and the next minute, you know, like…"

The Hobbit star, who starred as night officer Chris Carson in a fictional Merseyside constabulary, soon let slip that his gaffe has taught him to concentrate better.

Hilarious: The actor, 50, who stars as former first responder Chris Carson in the series based upon a true story, admitted he's 'not always the best judge' of himself though (pictured in-character)

Hilarious: The actor, 50, who stars as former first responder Chris Carson in the series based upon a true story, admitted he's 'not always the best judge' of himself though (pictured in-character)

He continued: 'Sometimes some things don't take a massive amount of prep and some things really do and I learned this in an early episode in The Responder.

'I didn't prep enough for something for a scene, that is in the show unfortunately, and I knew it. As we turned over, I was like, "F*****g hell, I'm not ready."

'I had to go through this relative humiliation of doing something in front of

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