Henry Winkler dishes on the 'Happy Days' guest star who had a big ego

Henry Winkler is sharing which former screen partner didn't leave the best impression on him.While appearing at a recent fan expo in Tennessee, the 80-year-old actor spoke about the comradery on set of "Happy Days," explaining "on our set, there was no stardom," and how one guest star failed to mesh with the rest of the cast."We were an ensemble.We worked hard at making it funny every week," he said.

"One guy came on as a guest star, and then he was brought back a few times, and he would mention his fan mail, and I said, ‘You don’t want to talk to me about fan mail, I got 50,000 letters a week.’"He then explained to the actor that "we don't talk about that on the set" and that "we are all here as one."HENRY WINKLER SAYS AMERICA DOESN'T EMBRACE OLDER GENERATION LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES DOWinkler revealed the reason why one guest star didn't mesh well with the rest of the cast on the set of "Happy Days." (HEIDI GUTMAN/American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.via Getty Images)Despite the warning, Winkler said the actor "kept doing it," later calling the guest star "an a--back." While he didn't name names, he mentioned that the character the actor portrayed was named Eugene.Winkler played Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the hit sitcom throughout all of its 11 seasons, from 1974 to 1984.

After getting his big break on the show, he went on to enjoy a successful career in both film and television, earning a Golden Globe nomination for "Heroes," and starring in "The Waterboy," "Holes" and "Click."After years in the industry, Winkler is still having new experiences on set, as he recently filmed his first nude scene for the first episode of the third season of "Loot.""Maya Rudolph is one of my favorites.She is [a] brilliant person and a lovely person.

So, when she asked me to be on the first episode of the third season of 'Loot,' I didn't even ask to read the script," he explained.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSWinkler got his big break playin...

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