Yet, she was up for the challenge.

The film is an emotional one.

“Truly,” Malin Akerman told us.

Malin Akerman smiling red lip

“It got real hot, and it got real cold, but everyone was doing their best.”

During the day, the temperatures would reach the triple digits.

“We had everything set up and ready to go as much as we could,” Akerman said.

Lorenza Izzo and Malin Akerman walking together in The Aviary

“Physically, it was challenging,” the actress told us.

“But everyone was wonderful.”

As they run out food throughout the course of the film, their chances of survival become slim.

Malin Akerman looking concerned in The Aviary

It’s the hallucinations they start having that makes it all the more challenging.

“The Aviary” is now playing in select theaters.

The film is also available on digital and on demand.