When she first started having discussions with Cecil B. DeMille about playing the part of Cleopatra, Claudette Colbert expressed a lot of unease about her climactic scene with an asp, being terrified of snakes. On the day the scene was to be filmed, DeMille had one of the largest snakes sent over from Los Angeles Zoo and approached Colbert on the set with it as she sat in costume on her throne. The actress was terrified and pleaded with him not to come any nearer with the enormous snake, whereupon DeMille produced the diminutive asp and said, "How about this instead?" Colbert was perfectly happy to film the scene with such a small snake.

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