Aaron Marcus describes a capuchin monkey named Freddie who attacked on set, biting the assistant photographer badly enough to send them to the ER. He explains how he managed the dangerous situation while keeping the shoot professional.
Hey, I got a chance to work with Freddie, a capuchin monkey. We were getting along really well, and I don't know what happened, but Freddie maybe didn't have his coffee that morning and he got really grumpy. He jumped off of my shoulder and bit the assistant photographer a few times, sent him to the emergency room. After about 20 minutes, the art director walked over to me and looks at Freddie and says, hey, it looks like he calmed down. Not sure what happened. Uh, we really need to continue to get the shot done. So in this video, I'm going to share with you how I handled a very dangerous situation, took care of myself, and still sounded professional. Use the link below, and I hope you really enjoy this video.
