Other People Also Suffered Gravely
Hedren and Marshall weren’t the only ones who suffered from serious injuries. The same lioness who got the better of Hedren ripped Jan de Bont, the cinematographer’s skin from neck to the end of his forehead. He got “peeled like a grapefruit.”
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The attack was so ferocious that De Bont’s assistant director, who had just started work that day, quit the job. In addition to him, twenty other crew members also hung up their boots. Melanie Griffith, Helen’s daughter, was also attacked by a 3-year-old lioness. She had to undergo reconstructive surgery to get her face back.