It's a tale as old as time: Girl meets lion, lion moves in, girl gets a few dozen more lions, puts them all in a movie and gets bitten numerous times, fractures a leg, develops gangrene, is nearly scalped, loses all her money, ends her marriage and continues to...*checks notes*...live with lions.
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Episode Sources:
“The Cats of Shambala” The Extraordinary Story of Life with the Big Cats” by Tippi Hedren, Tiger Island Press, 1985, updated 1991
“Fifty Shades of Grrrrrr: The insane story of ‘Roar’" by Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly, Apr 15, 2015
“In 1981, 70 People Were Mauled On The Set Of The ‘Most Dangerous Film Ever Made’—A Biologist Tells The Story” by Scott Travers, Forbes, Feb 19, 2025
“Surviving 'Roar': The Most Dangerous Film Ever Made” by Randolph Sellars, Stage 32, 2014
Review: “Roar” Variety, Dec 31, 1980
“‘Roar’: Cast and crew risked life and limb in the most dangerous movie ever made, 1981” by Bart Bealmear, Dangerous Minds, Apr 14, 2015
Roar website
“‘We were stupid beyond belief to have that lion in our house’: Tippi Hedren reveals her regrets at letting beast share family home” by Tom Leonard, Daily Mail, Oct 17, 2014
“Dakota Johnson reveals grandmother Tippi Hedren, 90, still lives with '13 or 14' big cats” by Alyssa Newcomb, Today, May 24, 2020
“EPISODE 19: ROAR with SPECIAL GUEST JOHN MARSHALL” Frank Mengarelli, Podcasting Them Softly, Nov 6, 2015
“‘Roar’: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made” Atlas Media Corporation, 2017
“Before Tiger King, Tippi Hedren was the Tiger Queen of Hollywood” by Brooke Marine, W Magazine, Mar 27, 2020
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Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast
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