When Roy Rogers filmed Under Western Stars (1938), he chose Golden
Cloud, a palomino stallion, as his costar. Roy later bought the horse, renamed
him Trigger, and made several movies with him. Roy isn’t the only actor to keep
a relationship with an animal costar. After National Velvet (1944) was filmed,
MGM gave the horse who played The Pie to Elizabeth Taylor, though she was
barely in her teens. If you’ve seen Bell, Book and Candle (1958), you’ll
remember Kim Novak’s familiar, Pyewacket. This role was filled by several Siamese
cats, and when the movie was “in the can,” Ms. Novak took one of them home. She
never bothered to give another name. I’ve seen stories claiming after filming
Rocky (1976), Sylvester Stallone kept the two turtles, and that they’re still
alive. Though it’s not unheard of for red-eared sliders to live a long time,
Cuff and Link are no longer with us. And they were never Stallone’s.
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