As for what it was like filming the high-stakes scene?

“I had to go into this coffin,” the Frankenstein star recalled. “My shoulders were touching the side and I couldn’t move my arms and then they would drill the lid on and it would get dark.”

It wasn’t a bad experience, though, with Jacob adding, “It was really nice, actually. It was quite peaceful in there.”

Plus, the serpent—a boa constrictor named Little B–ch, which had a fake rattler added to its tail—was a great scene partner.

“He was super cute,” Jacob revealed. “He was real cuddly. So he kind of just saddled up next to me, and it was nice. But he was real sleepy. Sleepy snake. I had to kind of nudge him to get him to come up.”

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