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Apr 11, 2015 · Director of photography Jan de Bont (who later directed “Speed”) had his scalp ripped off by a lion and required 120 stitches. Marshall says “Roar” was never theatrically distributed in the...
- Lou Lumenick
Cinematographer Jan de Bont was scalped by a lion, an injury requiring 220 sutures. Most members of the crew were injured, including de Bont, who was scalped by Cherries while he was filming under a tarpaulin; [73] [51] [74] he received 220 sutures, but resumed his duties after recovering.
Nov 18, 2016 · (From our own deep dive on the film: “cinematographer Jan de Bont was scalped, requiring 220 stitches; Griffith was mauled by a lion, which required facial reconstructive surgery; an A.D ...
Apr 24, 2015 · Albright recounts the time Jan de Bont (who went on to direct Speed and Twister) was scalped by one of the lions. “Me and Jan were dug in the road under a tarp filming some lions running at us. Jan was moving his hand around under the tarp, and lions are attracted to movement like that, and he got attacked …
Apr 6, 2015 · Over 70 attacks were documented: de Bont was effectively scalped by a lion, resulting in 120 stitches; Noel Marshall was bitten many times, often on camera, and hospitalized with gangrene;...
- Charlie Schmidlin
Jul 3, 2024 · Roar was Dutch cinematographer Jan de Bont's very first U.S. shoot, and thankfully it wasn't his last. Filming wild animals at a close range obviously came with risks. De Bont got scalped by a lion and needed 120 stitches in order to reattach his skin.
Apr 15, 2015 · Most dramatically, the film's director of photography Jan de Bont—later the director of Speed and Twister—needed 120 stitches after being essentially scalped by a lioness. "I got him on the...
