 Katharine Hepburn (qv) had a very close call with the leopard one  time. She was wearing a dress with a skirt that was lined with  little metal pieces to make the skirt swing prettily. When Hepburn  turned around abruptly, the leopard made a lunge for her back. Only  the intervention of the trainers whip saved Hepburn. The leopard  was not allowed to roam around freely after that, and Hepburn was  more careful around it from then on.