For decades, millions of people grew up recognizing the legendary roaring lion at the beginning of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) films. Many assumed it was animated or later created with special effects. But the truth is far more surprising: the iconic MGM intro was filmed using real lions. Over the studio’s history, several different lions were used to represent MGM during different eras of filmmaking. The most famous was Leo the Lion, introduced in 1957, whose real roar became one of the most reco
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