Lauren LaVera wouldn't let the 'Terrifier 3' special effects team use Nutella to replicate human faeces for a scene in the film because she didn't want her love of the spread ruined. The 30-year-old actress plays 'final girl' Sienna Shaw in the slasher sequel, which sees her heroic character take on the murderous Art the Clown - played by David Howard Thornton - who is back to wreak havoc at Christmas this time. Lauren says one of the most memorable days on set was when her character was attacked with removed intestines and she had to bite through them to survive.
The 30-year-old actress told director Damien Leone and the team not to fill the prop intestines with the popular hazelnut chocolate spread because she'd never be able to eat it without that memory again and instead they used crushed cherries and dish soap for the effect. In an interview with the new issue of SFX magazine, she said: “It was a special effects gag, and I still laugh about it. I won’t say who, but a character uses intestines to try and choke me, and Damien wanted me to bite through it.
Of course I did, and remember the special effects team were like, ‘What are we gonna use to make it look like faeces? What do you think of Nutella?’ “I was like, ‘Do not ruin Nutella for me, I love Nutella. Use something else!' “So instead they decided to use crushed cherries, which I don’t think I’ll be able to eat or least look at them the same. It was terrible.
It was crushed up cherries and dish soap.