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Jun 21, 2017 · "Everybody in the family had been injured by the cats, and that included Melanie, who was clawed across the face by a young lion and needed plastic surgery," John Marshall says in the...
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Apr 13, 2015 · Griffith suffered a clawing to the face during filming so bad it required reconstructive surgery, and the future Working Girl Oscar nominee had another harrowing run-in on set while shooting...
- What Injuries Did Melanie Griffith Sustain While Working on ‘Roar’?
- ‘Roar’ Is Considered to Be One of The Most Dangerous Films Ever Made
- ‘Roar’ Has Become An Infamous Film
Griffith wasn’t yet a huge Hollywood star when she was cast in Roar, alongside her mother, Tippi Hedren. The adventure comedy was released in 1981 and told the story of a man named Hank, played by Noel Marshall, who lives on a nature preserve alongside dozens of wild animals like lions, tigers, and jaguars. The film took over 10 years to make, and ...
Roar was filmed with 140 untrained wild animals, including 100 lions. Filming was incredibly dangerous and resulted in literally dozens of injuries. The New Yorker reports that although the movie was a labor of love for Tippi Hedren and Noel Marshall, who were married at the time, due to the sheer volume of injuries sustained by the cast and crew, ...
In the end, according to The New Yorker, Roar had to be filmed documentary-style because there were too many challenges to mounting a full-scale film production with so many untrained wild animals. Ultimately, Roar was not released theatrically in the United States, only getting a theatrical run in 2015, according to Ranker. The version of the film...
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Apr 15, 2020 · Griffith, the future star of films like Working Girl (1988) and Body Double (1984) who was 19 at the time, was clawed in the face — an injury that required 50 stitches and plastic surgery....
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- Kevin Polowy
Apr 22, 2020 · The cast and crew of “Roar” endured monstrous dangers both on-camera and off. Melanie Griffith, mauled near the eye, needed plastic surgery. Hedren contracted gangrene and needed skin grafts.
Melanie Griffith was mauled by a lion during filming, and required plastic surgery. Griffith reportedly received 50 stitches to her face. It was feared she would lose an eye, but she recovered and was not disfigured.
Melanie Griffith was mauled by a lion during filming, and required plastic surgery. Griffith reportedly received 50 stitches to her face. It was feared she would lose an eye, but she recovered and was not disfigured. On another occasion, a lion grabbed her hair and wouldn't let go. That shot made it into the film.
