The Glory explained: Was the snake real? Star opens up on church scene
The Korean drama returned with a second season featuring Kim Hieora as Lee Sa-ra.
Official trailer for The Glory Part 2
The Glory season two has just arrived on Netflix and one particular episode has left viewers squirming. The 12th instalment was an important moment for Lee Sa-ra (played by Kim Hieora) as the infamous church scene saw her lose her credibility. While under the influence of drugs, she started hallucinating and saw a snake coming towards her.
In the eerie episode, a snake started approaching Sa-ra from the Garden of Eden mural.
She thought it was a representation of Son Myeong-o (Kim Gun-woo), her drug dealer.
Viewers expected the snake to be a clever CGI trick, but actress Hieora explained it was real.
She said: "I was lying on my back when the staff said, ‘The snake’s here.’
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"They showed it to me and said, ‘Say hello. This is the co-star you’ll be acting with.’
"It was a giant snake in a box… I was told the snake has been on multiple shows, so it’s a sunbae-nim snake," she continued to SK Pop.
Thankfully she got on well with the snake, which made acting alongside it much easier.
She added: "I tried touching it, and it leaned on me, showing me some aegyo [meaning cute].
"After communicating with it for a bit, it became much easier for me to hiss.”
In the infamous church scene, Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo) set up drugs for Sa-ra, who had been deprived of them for weeks.
As she started hallucinating, she believed the snake to be Son Myeong-o, who had a snake tattoo on his thigh.
In a strange turn of events, she then started masturbating in front of other people.
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The star said the crew made sure she was comfortable with the script before shooting the scene.
She explained how the director reassured her she could tell him if anything made her feel uneasy.
Her co-stars branded her the "star of the episode" after also reading the script.
She explained: "I was not worried. I was excited to make the best out of the scene. I wanted to do my very best."
Viewers took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the scene, with ItsPhael saying: "Oh, ya got me f****d up with that damn snake."
NopeNotToday added: "I love how this particular scene throws shade to the garden of Eden story.
"Drugs represent forbidden apple and Myeong-oh is like Satan (snake) who always lured Sara into taking more drugs and now she will be thrown out of her garden of Eden.#TheGlory2"
The Glory has 16 episodes in total released across two seasons.
The Glory is available to watch on Netflix now.