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Jennifer Garner Recalls Biting Co-Star’s Ear on 2007 Set

She described an unchoreographed brawl driven by director Pete Berg’s push for realism during promotion of Apple TV’s The Last Thing He Told Me.

Overview

  • Garner told The Hollywood Reporter at a Santa Monica press conference that a fight scene on 2007’s Operation: Kingdom led her to bite her scene partner’s ear.
  • She said there is a photo showing a piece of the ear missing and did not say whether the injury received medical treatment.
  • The actor and stuntman was identified as Sala Baker, whom Garner said she climbed onto during the largely unchoreographed struggle.
  • Garner compared the moment to Mike Tyson’s infamous bite, responding to a colleague’s follow-up by saying she bit “like Mike Tyson.”
  • Garner and Baker later reunited for a fight scene on The Last Thing He Told Me, and Baker posted an Instagram clip from the new shoot after the crew initially urged caution.