diff --git a/core/src/avm2/multiname.rs b/core/src/avm2/multiname.rs
index c93f5b9ee..08a07318c 100644
--- a/core/src/avm2/multiname.rs
+++ b/core/src/avm2/multiname.rs
@@ -465,12 +465,10 @@ impl<'gc> Multiname<'gc> {
     /// Like `to_qualified_name`, but returns `*` if `self.is_any()` is true.
     /// This is used by `describeType`
     pub fn to_qualified_name_or_star(&self, context: &mut GcContext<'_, 'gc>) -> AvmString<'gc> {
-        let mc = context.gc_context;
-
         if self.is_any_name() {
-            context.interner.get_char(mc, '*' as u16)
+            context.interner.get_ascii_char('*')
         } else {
-            self.to_qualified_name(mc)
+            self.to_qualified_name(context.gc_context)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/property.rs b/core/src/avm2/property.rs
index 8a7a5c4e4..b7fa54378 100644
--- a/core/src/avm2/property.rs
+++ b/core/src/avm2/property.rs
@@ -130,12 +130,10 @@ impl<'gc> PropertyClass<'gc> {
     }
 
     pub fn get_name(&self, context: &mut GcContext<'_, 'gc>) -> AvmString<'gc> {
-        let mc = context.gc_context;
-
         match self {
-            PropertyClass::Class(class) => class.name().to_qualified_name(mc),
+            PropertyClass::Class(class) => class.name().to_qualified_name(context.gc_context),
             PropertyClass::Name(gc) => gc.0.to_qualified_name_or_star(context),
-            PropertyClass::Any => context.interner.get_char(mc, '*' as u16),
+            PropertyClass::Any => context.interner.get_ascii_char('*'),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/string/interner.rs b/core/src/string/interner.rs
index a2be80ae2..f7c411d1b 100644
--- a/core/src/string/interner.rs
+++ b/core/src/string/interner.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ impl<'gc> AvmStringInterner<'gc> {
         }
     }
 
+    // Like get_char, but panics if the passed char is not ASCII.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn get_ascii_char(&self, c: char) -> AvmString<'gc> {
+        self.chars[c as usize].into()
+    }
+
     #[must_use]
     pub fn substring(
         &self,