How do you act more snake? That’s something Claudia Kim had to figure out while filming Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
We have a month to go before Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald arrives in theater, and this will be our first chance to see Claudia Kim as Nagini. While it’s an exciting chance to see how Nagini became, well, Nagini, the leadup also leads to more press interviews being given by the cast and crew. In one such interview, Kim shares the strange instructions she received during filming.
Can you move to the left? Can you try that again with an angrier feeling? These types of questions and directions are extremely normal, but Kim was asked if she could act “more snake.”
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This isn’t that surprising when you consider her character, but it does beg the question; how does someone can act more snake?
With Kim playing the character Nagini, a witch with a rare blood curse which will see them one day transform permanently into an animal, known as a Maledictus. Being able to act, “more snake,” was necessary.
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To help, Kim worked with a contortionist to get the feeling of being a snake. This helped her understand the direction she had to take a little more.
The funny thing about the directions from David Yates is that he would ask her to be a percentage “more snake.” How do you know what’s 2% or 5% more snake is? Clearly, Kim figured out what she needed to do, but it shows you the amount of work that went into the creation of Nagini.
Would you know how to act more snake? What do you think of the directions Claudia Kim received for Fantastic Beasts? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald debuts on Nov. 16.