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15 Times Animals Were Hurt While Filming Hollywood Blockbusters

4. Life of Pi

The film Life of Pi stars a tiger as one of the main characters, who is adrift at sea alongside a boy named Pi. For most of the film CGI was used, but in some shots they used a real tiger named King. During one of the shots where King had to swim in a tank, something went wrong where King almost died before his handler could pull him to safety. The American Humane Association had a representative on set named Gina Johnson, but he got caught trying to downplay the situation when an email leaked. “This one take with him just went really bad and he got lost trying to swim to the side. Damn near drowned. I think this goes without saying but DON’T MENTION THIS TO ANYONE, ESPECIALLY THE OFFICE! Have downplayed the f—k out of it.” Busted.

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