Water works: Tipi Hedren, actress and muse for the famed director Alferd Hitchcock, with her pet lion Neil, who the family adopted after taking a trip to Africa
They bought a zoo: Amazing photos show a young Melanie Griffith and mom Tipi Hedren with their pet lion Neil
Melanie Griffith grew up with a famous mom, Tipi Hedren, and a pet lion, Neil
[멜라니 그리피스 Melanie Griffith,1957~ ]
미국 영화배우
배우자 안토니오 반데라스, 딸 다코타 존슨, 어머니 티피 헤드런
[티피 헤드렌 Tipi Hedren,1930~ ]
미국 영화배우 및 제작자
알프레드 히치콕의 영화에 많이 출연했으며
명화 '새'가 유명하다
Young Tipi Hedren
멜라니 그리피스 가족은 아프리카 여행 후에 '닐'을 키우기로 결정했다.
이후 사자를 소재로 한 영화 Roar를 만들었으나 그만 실패작이 되고 말았다.
The family adopted Neil after a trip to Africa Neil inspired them to make the film Roar about the pretty but predatory beasts, which was sadly a box office flop
By Chris Spargo for MailOnline
Actress Melanie Griffith had no ordinary childhood. She is the daughter of famed starlet and Hitchcock muse Tipi Hedren, began acting when she was just a toddler, and started dating Hollywood heartthrob Don Johnson was she was just 14-years-old - and he was 22. Also, her family had a giant pet lion named Neil.
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Plush sofa: Hedren reclines on her pet's mane will reading the newspaper in the family's home in California, where she still lives and still has lions
Kinda trying to work here: Hedren's husband at the time, Noel Marshall, a major Hollywood agent who would go on to produce The Exorcist, typing with his friend
In a new set of photos that have recently been released, we get a look into the life of Griffith and her family, and see just what it is like to have one of the most fearsome creatures in the wild as a pet.
Turns out, not much different than having any other kind of domesticated pet. Neil is seen lounging on the floor as the maid steps over him, chilling with Griffith in her bed and mostly just horsing, or rather lioning, around with his human family.
Terrifying: Melanie Griffith has one of her very first horrific encounters with a male
Smart idea?: Neil became the inspiration for the film Roar made by the family, which took eleven years and $17 million to make, and brought in only $2 million worldwide.
Family fun: Neil joins family members as they go about working and swimming, seemingly oblivious to the fact that most lions do not live in a world of pools and home offices
The majestic beast was adopted by the family after they took a trip to Africa and decided to make a movie about lions, Roar. Sadly, the movie was a box office flop, and some of the lions got a bit rough on set. Griffith required 50 stitches at one point after being bit by one of the cats, and cinematographer Jan de Bont had to have his scalp sewn back on after being attacked.
Snuggling: Griffith and Neil talking about life and other things teenagers discuss with their pets in her childhood bedroom
Nothing to see here: A maid steps over Neil VERY carefully in the family's kitchen as the majestic beast catches a little shuteye
