Russell Brand gives Helen Mirren his underwear
Russell Brand has revealed that he recently gave Dame Helen Mirren a rather unusual gift while on the set of their new film – his dirty underwear.
The motormouth comedian said afterwards that he did not know what possessed him to make the strange gesture, but that it seemed a good idea at the time.
Brand and Mirren are currently filming an adaptation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, in which they play Trinculo and Prospero respectively.
He said that he was running late one day and had to change his underwear in his on-set dressing room before quickly running out again.
However, his path was crossed by Mirren, whom he has admitted to having a bit of a crush on before.
Brand explained: “That’s when I heard my voice saying: ‘Would you like these?”
“She took them and said ‘Thank you’. Why? Because she was being polite – because she’s a Dame.”
Mirren is unlikely to be offended by Brand’s sort of humour – she is renowned for being something of a saucepot herself and joked that she fancies Brand back when she heard about his attraction.
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