Sean Bean was once chatted up by a man in a pub after he was dressed up as a woman.
The Time actor, 63, explained how he was testing an outfit from his show in 2012, where he played an English teacher called Simon, who enjoyed dressing up as a woman at night.
He wore a blonde curly wig, with a full face of make-up and an electric blue sequinned mini dress.
To complete the look he added a pair of shimmery tights and a fur coat.
To test out his alter-ego Tracie, he took his daughter Lorna to a pub in Muswell Hill in London.
"I had a big bust on and Spanx… and big high heels!" he told The Sun.
"When I went into the pub they didn't seem to be that bothered but one bloke started chatting me up, saying, 'I like your shoes.'"
He added: "I mean, that's going a bit too far!"
His character Simon was the lead in his 2012 BBC1 show Accused and saw him win a Royal Television Society best actor gong.
The programme examined the British justice system and was written by Cracker creator Jimmy McGovern, also starred Peter Capaldi, Christopher Eccleston and Mackenzie Crook.
Sean said before filming: "I've wanted to work on a Jimmy McGovern drama for a while and I think this cracking script really delivers a powerful, emotional drama for the audience."
Ben Stephenson, controller of drama at the BBC, said at the time: "He's playing a transsexual, a brilliant story, untold I think on mainstream television."
Anna Maxwell Martin, Stephen Graham and John Bishop also appeared on the programme.
At the time of signing up for Accused, it had been 19 years since he first stepped into the spotlight as his role of Colonel Richard Sharpe in the ITV Napoleonic drama Sharpe.
He recently came under fire for saying that intimacy co-coordinators "ruin" Hollywood sex scenes.
He said that they spoil the "spontaneity" and reduce it to a "technical exercise".
His comments were torn down by Jameela Jamil and West Side Story's Rachel Zegler.
"Intimacy co-ordinators establish an environment of safety for actors," adding that Sean needed to "wake up".
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"I was extremely grateful for the one we had on [West Side Story] - they showed grace to a newcomer like myself and educated those around me who’ve had years of experience. Spontaneity in intimate scenes can be unsafe," she added.
Intimacy coaches were introduced to protect female actors after the #MeToo movement.
They now play a key role in creating sex scenes in programmes like Bridgerton and Normal People.
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