EISXUOIS wrote :That's disgusting and stupid. That's Hollywood for you.
There is a sequel called Any which way you CanI loved the first one too till I read about the abuse of the Orangutans here "According to "Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People" by famed primatologist Jane Goodall and Dale Peterson, the original "Clyde" was trained with a can of mace and a pipe wrapped in newspaper. He was viciously beaten the day before filming started to make him more docile. Near the end of filming the sequel "Any Which Way You Can," the orangutan was caught stealing doughnuts on the set, brought back to the training facility and beaten for 20 minutes with a 3 1/2 -foot ax handle. He died soon after of a cerebral hemorrhage."No one on the set knew though..-end quote
Can you imagine any star working with a dangerous animal ever again? Especially in a time with CGI? I simply can't imagine a show like Grizzly Adams ever using real bears in the scene with actors.