Sara Ruane, a reptile and amphibian curator on the Field Museum, charges snake assaults in films primarily based on their realism.
She separates reality from fiction concerning whether or not you’ll be able to suck venom out of a snake chew in “Babylon” (2022), starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt; and “True Grit” (2010), starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, and Matt Damon. She explains how anacondas and pythons catch and devour their prey, as seen in “Anaconda” (1997), starring Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, and Ice Cube; and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001), starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Alan Rickman. She advises on find out how to keep away from getting bit by a cobra, as seen in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), starring Harrison Ford. She breaks down the variations between venomous and nonvenomous snakes in “Snakes on a Plane” (2006), starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kenan Thompson, and Julianna Margulies. She seems to be on the approach completely different characters search to deal with snake bites in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” (2004), starring Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, and Daryl Hannah; and “Mud” (2012), starring Matthew McConaughey. She talks about how antivenom works in “Bullet Train” (2022), starring Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Bad Bunny.
Thanks to the Field Museum’s Amphibians & Reptiles Department for loaning specimens for the shoot: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/division/amphibians-reptiles
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