Robert Pattinson had a lucky escape when he was bitten by a lion on the set of his new movie - the beast had no teeth.
The Twilight star plays a circus worker in Water for Elephants, and found himself shooting scenes with a variety of animals throughout filming.
And he had a nasty moment when a lion clamped its jaws around his arm - but the actor escaped unscathed because the "gentle" creature was merely being friendly.
Pattinson says, "Almost every day I'm working with an exotic animal... It's insane, like I got bitten on the arm by a lion with no teeth.
"They were like, 'It's fine, he does it all the time.' And I was like, 'Erm, OK...' But they had to get him to do it harder, because he was being so gentle and just licking my arm."
The movie sees Pattinson team up with Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon and filming began last month.
The actor has already completed work on Bel Ami and is due to reprise the role of Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, which will be split into two movies.
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