New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Javier Bardem made sure his Cape Fear co-star Lily Collias was comfortable before filming a violent sequence in the psychological thriller's finale, apologising in advance and explaining the physical action required for the scene.

Collias, who plays Natalie Bowden in the Apple TV limited series, recalled the interaction while speaking to Variety at a screening of the show's finale in New York. The actor said Bardem's unsettling performance as Max Cady often remained vivid even after filming had stopped.

Collias told Variety at the Cape Fear finale screening in New York, "We're playing cat and mouse, and then the cameras turn off, and I still feel like a mouse. And he still feels like Tom from 'Tom and Jerry.'"

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