Kraven the Hunter star spills the beans on the origin of the film's most perplexing and delightful moment
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According to Alessandro Nivola, who played the character Aleksei Sytsevich, the bizarre bird-like screech his character lets out was a last-minute improv that the director loved and insisted they keep in the film
Nivola revealed that the screech was inspired by the sounds his young kids make when they're playing, adding that it perfectly captured the character's over-the-top emotional meltdown in the scene