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Dirk Libbey

The Wild Story Behind Jodie Foster Being Mauled By A Lion On Set: ‘Scariest Thing That Has Happened To Me’

Jodie Foster in True Detective Season 4.

Jodie Foster has had an incredible career that included amazing work both in front of and behind the camera, and multiple Academy Awards, but she hasn’t made it without some scars. Some scars are likely emotional, but she has some real physical scars that she’s carried with her most of her career, when she was attacked by an actual lion as a child.

In a recent conversation with W Magazine, Jodie Foster was asked if she has any scars, and she recounts a story, which she’s spoken of before, where she was grabbed by a lion on the set of the Disney film Napoleon and Samantha when she was a child actor. Foster explained:

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