Jinx has several scenes with Robert DeNiro as Pam's difficult father Jack, and the actors became fast friends during filming. Their key moments together include Jack holding and petting Jinx, achieved by the animal trainer carefully handing the cat to Mr. DeNiro immediately before the scene begins. Also, when the animal actor places the cat on the ground after he is done petting it, the cat would run to the treat-wielding trainer standing off-camera. Later, when the family sits down to dinner, Jinx is shown rubbing Greg's leg underneath the table. Suddenly, the urn holding Grandma's ashes is knocked off the mantle and spills onto the floor. Jinx seizes the opportunity by running onto the ashes and transforming the remains into a litterbox. To achieve the animal action in this scene, the trainer first released the cat and verbally cued it to rub Greg's leg. Then, when the ashes are spread over the floor, the cat watched the trainer bury a plastic baggy of food in the ashes. After the cat is released, another verbal cue from the trainer prompts Jinx to dig earnestly into the ashes. A hidden hose then wet the ashes from beneath to create the illusion of jinx spoiling the remains.

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