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Jodie Foster Recounts Childhood Lion Attack in Newly Detailed Interview

Her newly published account in W Magazine revisits a 1972 film-set incident with specific memories from the moment.

Overview

  • In the interview, the 63-year-old says a lion lifted, shook, moved her horizontally, then dropped her.
  • She recalls seeing the camera crew run as the trainer said “Lass los,” after which the animal released her.
  • Foster says she was about eight and a half or nine at the time and suffered bite wounds on both hips.
  • She reports being examined in hospital and returning to shoot new scenes with the lion afterward.
  • She previously linked the incident to the 1972 adventure film “Flucht in die Wildnis,” noting she worked with three different lions on the production.