Charles Sykes/Bravo Elizabeth Banks is the latest celebrity to opening up about making contact with the spirit realm, recalling that she met a ghost on the set ofFred Claus The spirit, according to Banks, "grabbed" her and made her avoid a corner of the room during the filming of the 2007 comedy. Banks stars next inThe Better Sisterwith Jessica Biel, premiering May 29 on Prime Video Elizabeth Bankshad a spooky surprise during the filming of her 2007 holiday hitFred Claus. Appearing onWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenon Thursday, May 22, the actress and director revealed she had a run-in with a ghost while making the Christmas comedy. "Yes, I have [seen a ghost]," Banks, 51, told Cohen after he asked if she'd ever had a paranormal encounter. "At Pinewood Studios outside London. Yes, I did!" Turns out, theHunger Gamesactress didn't just see the ghost — the ghost touched her! "She grabbed me and everything!" Banks said of the spirit. Charles Sykes/Bravo Banks went on to describe the ghostly encounter, explaining that it happened while she was alone in a room on set. "I had to be like, 'I see you, I get it. You don't want me to sit in this bed. I will not do it anymore!' " she recalled. "And I never went in that corner of the room ever again." Fred Clausalso starred Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti and John Michael Higgins, who later became Banks' "co-conspirator" in thePitch Perfectfranchise. "That's where we met," she told Cohen. And despite that bond being fruitful to Banks, the experience overall onFred Clausleft her rating the film a 4.85 out of 10. "I loved living in London, but I met a ghost," she said, weighing the project's pros and cons. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Viewers can catch Banks alongsideJessica Bielin the upcoming Prime Video limited seriesThe Better Sister, premiering May 29. Adapted from Alafair Burke's 2019 novel, the eight-episode thriller follows estranged sisters Chloe (Biel) and Nicky (Banks) who are forced to reconnect after the murder of Adam (Corey Stoll) — a man both women had been married to and who is the father of Chloe's son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan). The mystery of Adam's death prompts a deep dive into the sisters' past, challenging their notions of loyalty, motherhood and identity. Despite not knowing each other well before filming,Banks told PEOPLE earlier this week that she wasn't exactly nervous about working with Bielon the series because of Biel's great reputation in Hollywood. "You can't pay someone in town to say a bad word about this lady. So I had only ever heard the loveliest things," Banks said. "I had reliable sourcing that this was going to be easy and it was. She completely lived up to that reputation of just being kind and generous and talented and beautiful and fun and easy, and it all worked out." Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenairs Sunday-Thursday evenings on Bravo. Read the original article onPeople
