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Grisly injuries of 70 people mauled by lions and other rogue beasts on wildest film ever made
animals.Today marks 40 years since mad movie Roar was released.Dubbed a “ferocious comedy”, it was 11 years in the making, and with 150 lions, tigers and other big cats involved, it puts Joe Exotic’s zoo to shame.The movie, which starred a young Melanie Griffith and her mum Tippi Hedren, saw a constant stream of disasters during filming, with around 100 people, including the film’s stars, injured in multiple animal attacks.Director and actor Noel Marshall almost lost an arm when he was bitten by a lion, while Tippi contracted gangrene and was mauled in the head by a beast.A crew member was scalped, while another almost lost an ear.But how did such a dangerous movie even make it into production?The Birds actress Tippi and her husband
