Reese Witherspoon farted on by elephant

By Alexandra Heilbron on March 24, 2011 | 15 Comments


During an interview with Jay Leno, Robert Pattinson revealed that Tai, the elephant who plays a big role in his upcoming movie Water for Elephants, farted on co-star Reese Witherspoon‘s face while they were filming an important scene. However, he says she took it like a pro: “Reese had to do some tricks and ended up rolling under the elephant, and she [the elephant] went back on her hind legs and let out the most incredible fart directly in Reese’s face for a good 45 seconds,” Rob said. “It shows Reese’s complete commitment to do the job because she just stood there and took it. But I mean, the elephant’s got a big arse!” Reese plays a circus performer who’s married to a cruel animal trainer, while Rob plays the circus vet. Watch Rob talking about the incident with MTV, below:



Comments & Discussion

  1. Andrea • March 24, 2011 @ 12:16 AM

    The title of this article alone had me roflol! Rob is so funny.

  2. nobody important • March 24, 2011 @ 1:07 AM

    Was she smoking at the time?

  3. tim • March 24, 2011 @ 10:02 AM

    now thats a gasser lol

  4. Terry • March 24, 2011 @ 1:34 PM

    LOLOLOL!!!! Poor Reese!! 45 seconds is a looooong fart!! Enough to make you sick….yaaa thinkkk??? She’s a good sport :):)

  5. Germain • March 24, 2011 @ 1:45 PM

    Sometimes it stinks to me in movies:)

  6. L1feless • March 24, 2011 @ 1:47 PM

    I mean lets be honest the elephant doesn’t give a crap.

  7. asi9 • March 24, 2011 @ 3:13 PM

    splats!! roflmao

  8. Helen • March 24, 2011 @ 3:30 PM

    Poor Reese! She’s definitely a professional for putting up with that!

  9. Ally • March 24, 2011 @ 4:13 PM

    Now that’s just gross. Why didn’t she just get the heck away from the elephany? They could have re shot the scene. 45 seconds of it? she should have moved, it’s not hard

  10. Kira • March 24, 2011 @ 4:23 PM

    LOL!!! Well at least elephants are vegetarians!!

  11. Kathleen • March 24, 2011 @ 7:15 PM

    Cute quips! I agree that she should h ave moved, but she was being professional, I guess, and put up with it!LOL I give her credit for that! A very good sport!!

  12. ernybear73 • March 25, 2011 @ 3:32 AM

    how crappy…. what a sport Reece!

  13. Bree • March 26, 2011 @ 11:26 PM

    Not moving for 45 seconds while in the direct path of a giant elephant fart does not make Reese a “sport”, it makes her like farts. What were the crew doing for 45 LONG seconds while she was getting an extreme fart facial, laughing?? Why didn’t someone interrupt the incident? I think this story is a crap, I mean, a “crock”.

  14. Fraydeecat • March 28, 2011 @ 1:31 AM

    That would almost wither her spoon 🙂

  15. Solyna • June 13, 2011 @ 12:13 AM

    The title alone had me laughing. 🙂


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