Yet, she was up for the challenge.
The film is an emotional one.
“Truly,” Malin Akerman told us.

“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.

“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.

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.