Sons of Anarchy shines a spotlight on some pretty dodgy characters. In fact, we’d say that some of the on-screen figures in the drama series are probably some of the most dastardly ever to grace the small screen.
But that doesn’t mean that the Sons of Anarchy cast aren’t easily humbled in the right circumstances. Charlie Hunnam, in particular, had a rather frightening experience on a visit to a prison.
When asked in an interview with Huffington Post what the strangest place he had been recognised was, Hunnam certainly had a memorable response.
“I went to look around Eyman Federal Prison in Arizona,” he says. “It’s a huge super-max prison. We were in the wing that was separate from the super-max wing. The only way you could get into this wing is by killing another inmate or attempting to kill or killing a guard whilst in prison. So these were dudes who had already committed murder, then had committed additional murders but usually of prison guards. I just kind of wanted to be as anonymous as possible.”
“We walked into the super-max wing, which was like an old school three story box with metal bar cells. Not a lot of prisons are like that anymore, totally old school. Everyone was hanging on their bars and shouting at us. I walked in there and the level of tough energy, just violence, was so intense. I was thinking I hope no one recognises me. So I heard, ‘Yo, Jax, where Abel at, homie?’ It was just when Abel had been kidnapped. So this was probably just after season two. There’s no weapons or anything they could use but they’ll throw piss or semen or whatever at you, just anything to ruin your day.”