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Freddie Highmore Says He Was Shoved In A "Broom Closet" At A Talk Show
This acquisition could rival a enactment astatine the Bates Motel.
Freddie Highmore precocious recalled a bizarre backstage infinitesimal astatine an unspecified talk show wherever helium said helium was enactment wrong a broom closet to debar interacting with the host.
"I'm trying to debar saying the name, but this big doesn't similar seeing guests beforehand," Freddie said successful an April 17 quality connected Jimmy Kimmel Live. "So I was coming backstage with a mates of the producers and they looked up and they saw the big astatine the extremity of the corridor and they were really, truly scared."
The producer's effect was to fell Freddie arsenic accelerated arsenic possible, wherever possible.
"They grabbed maine and they threw maine into the adjacent doorway that was close by the hallway," the Good Doctor prima added, "and it was a broom closet—a acheronian broom closet."
Freddie didn't person to hold alongside the brooms for long but it surely near a lasting impression.
"I was determination for astir a minute," the 31-year-old said. "And they were similar these benignant of Secret Service agents connected their phones like, 'Are we clear? Are we clear? Have they gone? Can we bring him out?' Terrified."
After the unit was fixed the greenish light, the Bates Motel actor said helium "just walked retired arsenic if thing happened."
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When asked by Jimmy Kimmel, who Freddie complimented arsenic having the "best" backstage setup at his show, if helium told the big astir the broom closet portion on-air, the histrion noted helium didn't deliberation it was the champion time.
"I'm not definite if they knew," helium explained. "I thought it wasn't a bully infinitesimal to say, 'Nice to spot you. I was conscionable enactment successful a broom closet.'"
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