BUCKiT® #57-Alfred Molina: Famous Character Actor Recalls the Terrifying Tarantula Scene in Indiana Jones, and Other Acting Antics

The spider wrangler has placed a large suitcase full of big hairy male tarantulas all over the terrified actor who’s playing opposite Harrison Ford. The cameras are rolling on the set of “Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark” and the dramatic cave scene is underway. But Director Stephen Spielberg is not happy. The eight legged extras are not moving and he thinks they look fake, so the spider man comes to the rescue with a cunning plan. Release a female amongst them and all hell will break loose. And that’s exactly what happened next, much to the horror of Alfred Molina. Alfred Molina is a well known actor from the UK. He’s appeared in more than 50 film, television and stage productions, including his famous role in Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark and Spider-Man 2. Over the past 30 years he’s developed a reputation for an incredible ability to nail character-driven roles. He’s able to transform himself into nearly every character imaginable and it doesn’t seem to matter what nationality or accent. Alfred is game to try them all on for size. He’s played a chronically unfaithful Mexican painter in Frida, a deranged drug-dealer in Boogie Nights as well the comic-book villain Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2. It’s been said about this famous character actor, "He's great in just about everything but he disappears so completely in the roles you forget where you've seen him before." There’s something so familiar about Alfred’s face and his voice that it makes you want to go up and say ‘hi” like he’s a friend. And that’s exactly how I felt when I met Alfred for the first time.. and now..well.. it’s like we’ve been tea drinking mates forever.