– MrBeast\u2019s secret NZ hideaway: Luxury manor up for grabs<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe had a stunt coordinator on site who taught us how to do all these tricks and things and not get ourselves hurt. So, it\u2019s a random thing to add to my CV.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two other Christchurch women \u2013 an actress who got the role through her agent and a stay-at-home mum \u2013 were recruited as body doubles for Davis and Weaver.<\/p>\n
During the six weeks of filming around the South Island, Burroughs got to know Margoyles quite well and said she was a lot of fun and interested in getting to know those around her.<\/p>\n
Margoyles, known to legions of Harry Potter fans for her role as Professor Sprout in the blockbuster movies, took Burroughs\u2019 phone one day to look at her photos, and when she returned from filming a scene, started asking her a whole lot of questions about her life.<\/p>\n
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Margolyes with Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe on the Graham Norton Show. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Margoyles\u2019 blunt sense of humour, which is well known from her regular appearances on the Graham Norton Show, also came out over breakfast one day.<\/p>\n
Burroughs offered to get her bacon and sausages, to which the star replied: \u201cI can\u2019t eat that, I\u2019m Jewish, and you shouldn\u2019t eat that because you\u2019re fat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burroughs laughed: \u201cShe was shocking, but she wasn\u2019t mean, she was just so funny and amazing to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burroughs said the whole experience, which took place 15 months ago, seemed surreal. With the movie now showing in New Zealand cinemas, she is quite proud of what she had achieved.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot that I had a massive role in it, but I can pick what bits are me and what bits are Miriam. So, I\u2019m like that\u2019s me, that\u2019s me, whereas you wouldn\u2019t know,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Burroughs has seen Holy Day four times on the big screen \u2013 once at the Christchurch premiere for the cast and crew who worked on it, once with her family, once with her workmates and with her 14-year-old daughter, who wanted to watch her mum on screen again.<\/p>\n
She said it had been an amazing experience, and while she has no plans to quit her day job for a career in acting, she\u2019s pleased she responded to the callout.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was hard work, the money\u2019s not as good as real estate, but I learned so much because all of it everything was brand new to me every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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