jodie foster Recently shared his horrifying experience of a lion attack on the set, which left him with multiple injuries. The actor-filmmaker sat down for an exclusive interview with W Magazine.
During the interview, when the question was asked, “Do you have any good marks on your body?” As soon as she arrived, the actress opened up about this particular terrifying lion attack on her. She further described how she went back to work with the same lion that had attacked her.
Jodie Foster’s body recovered completely after lion attack
Jodie Foster revealed she had created the “perfect puncher” after a lion attacked her on a film set. Speaking about his scars in a new interview with W Magazine, the actor-filmmaker revealed, “I have a lot of scars. I was mauled by a lion when I was eight-and-a-half or nine years old.” She added, “The lion picked me up, shook me around, turned me horizontally and then dropped me.”
After that, Jodie Foster shared, “I had two perfect punctures on one side of my hip and then two perfect punctures on the other side.” The actor admitted, “I was in shock. So, I don’t really remember that much.” He added, “I remember the incident. I saw his mane coming forward, and I had worked with lions.” She added, “But when he picked me up… and then he turned me to the side and shook me around.”
Jodie Foster then added, “And so as they turned me back toward the entire camera crew, I saw the entire camera crew running away, except to the side.” He continued, “So I saw them running sideways, taking all their equipment with them, as if running away from me.” After that, she revealed, “And then I think the trainer said, ‘Drop it,’ and then the lion dropped me with his mouth.”
The actor also admitted, “I think that was probably the scariest thing that ever happened to me while I was making a movie.” He further revealed, “To be honest, I’m not sure I had time for fear.” She added, “After being released from the hospital…I went back to work with the same lion.”