What Spiral's Director Wants You To Know About The Franchise's New Puppet

Darren Lynn Bousman adds: "We on set called him Mr. Snuggles. That was just his name, 'Someone bring out Mr. Snuggles.' So yeah, Mr. Snuggles is what we call him on set. But no, he went through a couple of different designs until I thought he looked cool. And then I presented him to the producers and I said, 'This is what we want.'

As Bousman stated, "Spiral" tackles corruption in the police force and even features scenes where cops outright murder innocents civilians — a rather resonate and close-to-home topic, considering the death of George Floyd in the past year. One might assume that "Spiral" was influenced by the incident that rocked the nation, but the truth is, the film was already completed and originally slated for a May 2020 release — an entire month before the Floyd incident even occurred. It was the pandemic that ultimately delayed the movie to 2021.

Bousman did explain, though, what made them decide to pursue these themes.