Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, "Woman of the Hour," is getting rave reviews, but the actor told Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" that she was "beyond terrified" of taking the leap.

It also puts an exclamation point on the notion that while the show is over, the story is not. Notably, Anna Kendrick was part of the Into the Woods movie cast, and she played Cinderella.

Anna Kendrick made her ... ‘Do you feel gross about this?'” Kendrick shared on Sirius XM’s Crime Junkie AF podcast. “And I did.” The realization came late in the process.