Buffy Memories: Clare Kramer Looks Back at On-Set Snake Scare 

successfully battled a snake-like monster during the Mayor’s Season 3 finale ascension, but another serpent almost got the better of leading lady Sarah Michelle Gellar and co-star Clare Kramer.

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During the Season 5 episode “Shadow,” Buffy and her nemesis Glory (Kramer) faced off inside a cobra exhibit at the Sunnydale Zoo, and the set was populated with real, slippery snakes for the shoot.

“They were like, ‘Yeah, yeah, the snakes are fine,\'” recalls Kramer, who recently wrapped directing her first documentary,

. “And then all of a sudden, [executive producer] Joss [Whedon] is like, ‘Um, Sarah, Clare, you guys might want to get up on the chair. We have lost the 9-foot boa constrictor.’ And we’re like, ‘Are you kidding?\'”

pictured right) had slithered “its way up into the wall,” Kramer shares. “They ended up having to deconstruct the set while we sat on our directors’ chairs, with our legs tucked under our tushies, waiting for the snake to be recaptured.”

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“During this process, they were like, ‘Don’t worry, it ate a couple days ago,\'” Kramer continues. “I was like, ‘Ate a couple days ago?! What are you talking about?! I can see that snake, just waiting to constrict me!\'” (The snake 

Despite the snake snafu, Kramer has nothing but fond memories of her time as the god Glorificus and her snappy one-liners. “The dialogue was so amazing in that series, and I could just play and sort of riff and have fun with the dialogue,” the actress says. “It just was a very freeing experience.”

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Oh – the good ol’ Ben is Glory…Glory is Ben years. What a good show, I miss it.

Wait….are you saying that Ben knows Glory? Or………………. 🤔😉

Excellent. Now. Do we suspect there may be some kind of connection between Ben and Glory?

I don’t think they ever really topped season 2.

I really disliked the Glory storyline. That entire season was pretty much a complete bust as far I’m concerned. I didn’t mind the actress but disliked the storyline.

I greatly enjoyed that season…it gave us some of the very best episodes of the series.

I just finished rewatching the season a few nights ago.

We get countless reunions of ho hum series. Can we please get a 13 episode season of Buffy

Glory was definitely one of the show’s best Big Bads. This was a great season. Man, I miss this show.

My favourite season, Glory was a fantastic, eccentric and menacing villain. I wish she had more big acting roles

My favorite villain from my favorite show. Miss it so much

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