Jamie Dornan spilled the beans on a hilariously haywire day on set during a recent chat that left everyone in stitches!
Appearing on The Graham Norton Show, the 41-year-old heartthrob and Fifty Shades of Grey star spilled the oats about a day that went from neigh to “oh no” on the final shoot for his 2012 TV series, New Worlds – and it all came down to a lip-lock with an unsuspecting horse.
Hold your horses, though – turns out, our man Jamie is the equine equivalent of a human bubble boy. Why? Because he’s got an allergy to horses that makes his reactions more dramatic than a soap opera finale.
“I’ve got nothing against horses as a species,” Jamie explained, with a poker face that deserves an Oscar. “I just can’t cozy up to them.”
And cozying up he did not, especially after the traumatic EpiPen extravaganza during the filming of his first movie, Marie Antoinette. Rumor has it, they were considering insuring him against horse-related calamities for that one.
But life on the edge didn’t deter Jamie. Fast forward to New Worlds, and everything was going swimmingly until the grand finale. Picture this: a dashing actor, a majestic horse, and the sweet promise of wrapping up a series. What could possibly go wrong?
In a moment of equine ecstasy, Jamie decided to seal the deal with a smooch on the horse’s lips. Romantic, right? Wrong. His lips decided to stage a revolt, puffing up faster than a balloon at a kid’s birthday party.
“I really liked the horse I had. And I thought, it was the final day. I’m like, ‘You know what? I love this horse.’ So I kissed it on the lips,” he recalled with a twinkle in his eye. “I went, ‘You know what, we’re nearly over. I have half a day left.’ The horse was wrapped. So I gave it a kiss.”
But alas, his lips weren’t on board with the whole “happily ever after” scenario. In Jamie’s words, his lips “absolutely blew up,” turning the final day of filming into a lip-blowing extravaganza.
Cue the comedic chaos as the crew scrambled to find solutions, leaving Jamie looking like the star of a slapstick comedy. The lesson here? Even if you’re smitten with a horse, keep the lip action to a minimum unless you want your final day on set to turn into a lip-sized disaster.
Fortunately, Jamie emerged from the ordeal unscathed, albeit with a legendary tale of a lip-smacking misadventure that will surely go down in Hollywood history. And they say romance is dead – clearly, they haven’t heard about Jamie and his unforgettable lip rendezvous with a four-legged co-star!
