Lisa Kudrow

The Comeback

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434672/

“There was this scene in the desert when Valerie’s bound and gagged in the trunk. The trunk was rigged, so someone had a button and it would just pop open, except it wasn’t working. I’m in the trunk with tape around my mouth. My hands are tied. Not that tight, but still. I knew I was fine because there was air conditioning, but I kept hearing everyone sitting around the monitors: Kachink, kachink. ‘It’s not working.’ Kachink. And I started getting panicked for that girl inside the trunk. And I knew very soon we were gong to have a live snake in there with me. It was like, ‘I don’t care how long it takes. Fix the trunk for when I’m in there with the snake.’ They figured out a different rigging, and we ran through it a couple times. Then Michael Patrick King came over and said, ‘We need the snake close to your face.’ Michael’s like, ‘Trust me. You’ll be happy we did this.’ I said, ‘I’m not happy now. Let’s just do it.’ And that’s when we got the perfect shot. Then when we were done, I stepped away and had a little cry.”