It started out like a typical interview between Ellen Degeneres and Hollywood movie star Jake Gyllenhaal.
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At one point, Ellen directed the conversation to the many dark roles and dark films in which Gyllenhaal has appeared.
As he started to explain why those roles interested him, a creature -- which was actually a man dressed as something out of a horror film -- exploded from inside what appeared to be a table between the two chairs on the set.
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Gyllenhaal's reaction has already generated over 714,000 hits on YouTube.
Watch the stunt via "Ellen" below:
Frightening guests is not something new for Ellen. She has an entire web page filled with videos of previous "Celebrity Scares."
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