According to a new report in the National Enquirer, actor Robert Pattinson was almost killed by an elephant while shooting his new movie Water For Elephants!
The American tabloid says the British actor, who stars opposite Reese Witherspoon in the film, was almost squashed by a 9,000-pound elephant named Rosie. The animal apparently tossed Rob off her back and nearly rolled over him!
In a scene where he climbs aboard the animal to give her a soothing shower bath, Pattinson — who plays a young man who runs off to join a 1930s circus — converses with Witherspoon, standing below.
“The script called for the elephant to step forward while swinging her trunk from side to side, but Rosie got her signals mixed up,” a source said. “Instead, she sat down on her big butt, lifted her front legs — then rolled over. Before anyone could react, Robert slid right down the elephant’s back. It could have been a disaster if she’d rolled over on him — but he got lucky, landing face first in a pile of dirt and mud. He was filthy, but unharmed.”
“Everyone on the set cracked up — especially Reese, who was laughing so hard she couldn’t catch her breath.” Crew members ran to help Robert, but even he found the incident hilarious. “I’m just glad she didn’t roll on top of me,” he told everyone.
