Her role in the 2014 horror film Oculus may have been a departure from the more lighthearted fare served up in Doctor Who, but it turns out that Gillan is no stranger to the scary stuff. Some actors might balk at filming terrifying scenes, but it seems that Gillan has nerves of steel.

"I love horror films and grew up on them as a teenager," she said in an interview with Bloody Disgusting. "That's all I would pretty much watch." Some of the scream queen's favorite horror movies include Scream, The Exorcist, and I Know What You Did Last Summer.

In fact, the only thing that really fazed Gillan about filming the fear-filled flick was discovering that she would have to deliver a 13-page monologue. None of the spooky scenes bothered her, but she said that delivering such an emotionally-charged — not to mention lengthy — monologue was a challenge.