The Umbrella Academy: Number Five was BANNED from filming these scenes – here’s why

The Umbrella Academy fans fell in love with Number Five (played by Aidan Gallagher) for his quick wit, dry humour, and brutal methods.

And although the source material’s version of the young assassin has been slightly changed in the Netflix adaptation – he is still very much the same character.

Viewers quickly becoming accustomed to Number Five’s brutal methods in the first few episodes, where he kills a number of soldiers in the local donut cafe.

Using his powers of time and space, Number Five teleports around the establishment to remain unharmed whilst stabbing members of the group looking for him.

The stakes are made even higher once Hazel (Cameron) and Cha-Cha (Mary J Blige) become involved in the capture of Number Five.

However it doesn’t sound like it was easy filming scenes tracking down and firing guns at Number Five.

Express.co.uk recently caught up with Hazel actor Cameron, who spilled all on what it was like working with Aiden during the intensely violent scenes.

And during the conversation he revealed: “Because of the child working laws he wasn’t even allowed in the building if a gun was going off!

“So, we were actually shooting with his body double.”

Despite the setback during filming, Cameron went on to praise Aiden’s rendition of Number Five throughout the show as a whole.

He said: “But it is fun – Aiden plays him so well.

“He does that grown up so well that any scenes you have dialogue with him in you often forget you’re performing with a kid.

“He made it really easy. Your performance can’t come across that way – you can’t be seen talking to a kid.”

Hazel has a number of hilarious and mature scenes alongside Number Five, including those which involved some brutal fights and shootouts.

But will both characters survive through to the next season?

Express.co.uk also spoke to Luther actor Tom Hopper about his heart wrenching scenes with Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman).

In particular, Tom spoke revealed the secret behind Allison’s “death” scene after her argument with Vanya (Ellen Page).

He explained: “It was tricky because we were directed in that scene to make sure we had to believe Allison was dead at the end of that episode.

“There was an argument there to say: ‘Why are we not just grabbing her and taking her out?’

“But we needed to see the love the absolute grief that he’s going to lose Allison – and also that cliffhanger moment that ‘oh my god she’s dead!’

“So I just played the absolute truth that I think she’s dead, she’s gone.”

The Umbrella Academy is available on Netflix.

source: express.co.uk