The faint of heart should stop reading right now. Jules Sylvester, professional snake handler, is describing the most horrifying scene from "Snakes on a Plane."
August 15, 2006 (Press Release) --
The faint of heart should stop reading right now. Jules Sylvester, professional snake handler, is describing the most horrifying scene from "Snakes on a Plane."
"There is a scene where a huge snake slithers between a woman's leg and climbs up her stomach until it's nestled between her breasts," Sylvester says. "Then the snake coils up and looks her right in the eye. All of this was done with a real snake.
We can only hope this actress got bonus pay.
"We used one of my snake handlers' wives," Sylvester says. "She shoved the snake between her boobs and wasn't afraid because she helped raise this snake since its birth."
While we shiver thinking about that one, Sylvester was happy to talk about all things reptilian.
Q. Who is the real star of this film? The actors or the snakes?
A. I'd say Sam Jackson is the star. He's a very cool guy. Without him it's just another big, silly picture. The secondary stars of the film are the snakes. My albino cobra should get top billing in that department. He's very aggressive and a great actor.
Q. So he's the Sean Penn of snakes?
A. Yes, that's a good description. Sean without the biting.
Q. Why do snakes get such a bad rap?
A. It's the Adam and Eve thing. It's also jerks like me making these movies. But it's my business to make people afraid. I also hope people see the beauty in these creatures. They're perfect little killing machines.
Q. Tell us about some of the snakes in the film. You used more than 300 right?
A. Yes, we used albino cobras and some rattlesnakes. We used milk snakes that only look like they could kill you. And then there were yellow rat snakes, which are dangerous. Many of the snakes were of an unknown variety. But they look mean, which was the point.
Q. Anyone get bit?
A. No one got bit. Except in the script. Mostly it was great fun and the extras playing passengers were wonderful. I had snakes all over the extras -- three or four snakes deep on one person.
Q. OK, among the name actors, who was the biggest wuss?
A. Julianne Margulies had a stipulation in her contract that she didn't have to be near the snakes. I thought, "If you're really afraid of snakes why would you take a movie called 'Snakes on a Plane?'"
Q. Maybe she was trying to overcome her issues. Did Samuel L. Jackson go girly on you when he heard the hissing?
A. No, Sam didn't give a rat's butt about snakes. He was always very cool.
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Posted by Cindy Pearlman
"There is a scene where a huge snake slithers between a woman's leg and climbs up her stomach until it's nestled between her breasts," Sylvester says. "Then the snake coils up and looks her right in the eye. All of this was done with a real snake.
We can only hope this actress got bonus pay.
"We used one of my snake handlers' wives," Sylvester says. "She shoved the snake between her boobs and wasn't afraid because she helped raise this snake since its birth."
While we shiver thinking about that one, Sylvester was happy to talk about all things reptilian.
Q. Who is the real star of this film? The actors or the snakes?
A. I'd say Sam Jackson is the star. He's a very cool guy. Without him it's just another big, silly picture. The secondary stars of the film are the snakes. My albino cobra should get top billing in that department. He's very aggressive and a great actor.
Q. So he's the Sean Penn of snakes?
A. Yes, that's a good description. Sean without the biting.
Q. Why do snakes get such a bad rap?
A. It's the Adam and Eve thing. It's also jerks like me making these movies. But it's my business to make people afraid. I also hope people see the beauty in these creatures. They're perfect little killing machines.
Q. Tell us about some of the snakes in the film. You used more than 300 right?
A. Yes, we used albino cobras and some rattlesnakes. We used milk snakes that only look like they could kill you. And then there were yellow rat snakes, which are dangerous. Many of the snakes were of an unknown variety. But they look mean, which was the point.
Q. Anyone get bit?
A. No one got bit. Except in the script. Mostly it was great fun and the extras playing passengers were wonderful. I had snakes all over the extras -- three or four snakes deep on one person.
Q. OK, among the name actors, who was the biggest wuss?
A. Julianne Margulies had a stipulation in her contract that she didn't have to be near the snakes. I thought, "If you're really afraid of snakes why would you take a movie called 'Snakes on a Plane?'"
Q. Maybe she was trying to overcome her issues. Did Samuel L. Jackson go girly on you when he heard the hissing?
A. No, Sam didn't give a rat's butt about snakes. He was always very cool.
Source: http://search.msn.com
Posted by Cindy Pearlman
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