James McAvoy has said that he was bullied by a fellow actor on the set of HBO's Band of Brothers. The X-Men star discussed the incident on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen this week. Although McAvoy stated he enjoyed much of his time working on the celebrated World War II miniseries, he described his first day on set as very stressful.James McAvoy, who was fresh out of acting school at the time, claimed that one of his co-stars gathered a bunch of actors to point at him and laugh for almost three minutes. While he declined to name the person responsible, he did limit the options by confirming that the man appeared in a photograph of the cast shown during the interview.What happened to James McAvoy on the set of Band of Brothers?During his appearance on Watch What Happens Live, James McAvoy was given a photo of the Band of Brothers cast and asked about his time filming the show. He revealed:"All right, so, I’m not going to tell you who it was. [But] … one of the guys in that picture decided to bully me, on my first day as a professional actor out of acting school!"McAvoy added that the incident occurred while filming a scene set in a bar with a large number of actors. According to McAvoy, numerous cast members had previously spent nine or ten months on the project yet had few lines in particular episodes.James McAvoy, on the other hand, had only appeared in one episode of the series but was given a significant amount of dialogue and character arc. He said:"It was one of those scenes with everybody in it, and we’re in a bar. And I had a scene, and all these guys were, like, in it for nine, 10 months, and you get one line in one episode and one line 10 episodes later. They were all p*ssed. And I come in for one episode, and I’ve got an arc and scenes. I’ve got tons of lines."The actor claimed that one of the actors responded by gathering a bunch of his friends to join in the mockery:"So he got him and his buddies to just stand and point at me and laugh at me, for like three minutes."Despite the uncomfortable introduction, McAvoy said two other actors, Dexter Fletcher and Robin Laing, intervened to make him feel welcome. They apparently pulled him aside and invited him to spend time with them.McAvoy ranked his overall experience with the series a nine out of ten; however, he admitted that that particular day felt like a two.Who was the actor who bullied James McAvoy?James McAvoy has not publicly identified the actor he accused of bullying him during filming Band of Brothers. During the conversation, host Andy Cohen tried to urge the actor to reveal his name. McAvoy, however, refused to name the individual.He confirmed the person was in the cast photo shown during the show. Donnie Wahlberg, Kirk Acevedo, Scott Grimes, Philip Barantini, Neal McDonough, Adam James, Frank John Hughes, and Ross McCall were all featured in the photo.James McAvoy further stressed that David Schwimmer was not responsible. Schwimmer, who played Captain Herbert Sobel, was not in the photograph shown to McAvoy during the conversation.Without direct identification from McAvoy, the accused bully's identity remains unknown.What was James McAvoy's acting debut?James McAvoy made his acting debut in the 1995 film The Near Room as a teenager. He later appeared in television productions before garnering wider recognition with projects like the British drama series Shameless and the political thriller State of Play.He first appeared in Band of Brothers in 2001, playing Private James W. Miller in the HBO miniseries. The show, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, follows soldiers of the US Army's Easy Company during WWII.Although James McAvoy only appeared in one episode, the role allowed him to work on a major television production early in his career.His career progressed further in the years that followed. In 2005, he played the role of Mr Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. He later received recognition for his performances in The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Atonement (2007).McAvoy finally gained international recognition for his role as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film franchise. He was highly praised for his work as Kevin Wendell Crumb in M. Night Shyamalan's Split (2016) and its sequel, Glass (2019).Despite the success that followed, James McAvoy's recollection of his first day on Band of Brothers offers a glimpse into a less pleasant moment from the early stages of his acting career.Stay tuned to Soap Central for more information.