Deleted Scene From 'Bird Box' Revealed What The Creatures Look Like

A deleted scene from Netflix's latest thriller Bird Box revealed what the mysterious creatures actually looked like - but was cut from the film by director Susanne Bier.

The Netflix original starring Sandra Bullock sees a mysterious force wipe out almost the whole population.

The creatures make people take their own lives when they look at them directly. However, viewers never actually get to see what these horrifying beings look like.

Despite this, the film has still been terrifying viewers as imagination takes hold.

However, in an interview with Bloody Disgusting, Bird Box screenwriter Eric Heisserer, actress Sandra Bullock, and director Susanne Bier revealed that we almost got a glimpse of the creatures.

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Screenwriter Eric said: "There was a time when one of the producers was like, 'No, you have to see something at some point' and forced me to write essentially a nightmare sequence where Malorie experiences one in that house."

In the scene Sandra, who plays mum-of-two Malorie Shannon, makes it to safety in a stranger's house by not looking at the creatures as she used blindfolds.

The actress described the deleted scene in vivid detail, saying: "It was snake-like, and I was like, 'I don't want to see it when it first happens. Just bring it into the room. We'll shoot the scene.' I turn and he's like this [growling at me.] It's making me laugh. It was just a long fat baby."

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Director Susanne also explained why she cut the scene from the film.

She said: "It so easily becomes funny. We actually shot that and spent a lot of energy on, but every time I saw it, I was like this is not going to be tense.

"It's just going to be funny. At first, Sandra was like, 'I don't want to see it' because she thought it was scary. Then it was like, 'Don't show it to me because [I'll laugh].' Every time I did it, I was like, 'Sh*t, that's a different film.'"

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Susanne also joked that she would deliver the creature to Saturday Night Live for a comedy sketch.

Explaining further, she said: "Whatever those beings are, they tap into your deepest fear. Everybody's deepest fear is going to be different from the other person.

"I think to suddenly take upon a concrete shape in order to illustrate that becomes weak. Where the conceit is really strong, then trying to illustrate it is kind of almost meaningless. So it would have been the wrong decision."

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