Canadian film star Agee is a bit of a diva at work.
She travels to movie sets in a 12-metre-long trailer that has a wading pool on hot days, and doesn91裸聊视频檛 like co-stars or crew near her while she prepares for her scenes.
The 24-year-old also gives 91裸聊视频渟tink eye91裸聊视频� to anyone onset who talks to her manager, Mark Dumas, except for his wife, Dawn, the only other person Agee will tolerate while working.
91裸聊视频淚 have a wife and a mistress,91裸聊视频� says Dumas, referring to Dawn and Agee.
91裸聊视频淢y mistress is 800 pounds, blond and cranky.91裸聊视频�
Agee91裸聊视频檚 behaviour is understandable. After all, she is an apex predator 91裸聊视频� a polar bear, to be exact.
The Abbotsford, B.C.-based bear has starred in a variety of screen projects, the latest being the survival drama 91裸聊视频淎rctic,91裸聊视频� directed by Joe Penna.
Opening Friday in Toronto and other cities in subsequent weeks, 91裸聊视频淎rctic91裸聊视频� stars Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen as the sole survivor of a plane crash in a remote and snowy area of the frigid North.
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But work for Agee and other animals is slowing down in the film world as CGI takes over.
91裸聊视频淲hich is a shame,91裸聊视频� says Dumas, who feels viewers are missing out on seeing 91裸聊视频渢he majesty of such an incredible animal.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淐GI, to me, is a cartoon. The animals don91裸聊视频檛 look as real.91裸聊视频�
In 91裸聊视频淎rctic,91裸聊视频� Agee appears in a scene involving a cave and, while she looks ferocious, it91裸聊视频檚 all an act.
91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 trained to open her mouth and show her teeth. She doesn91裸聊视频檛 make any noise,91裸聊视频� says Dumas, noting her roar in the film was added in post-production.
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She does have sass behind the scenes, though.
91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 very selective on who she likes and who she doesn91裸聊视频檛 like,91裸聊视频� says Dumas, noting no one is allowed into her working space that91裸聊视频檚 surrounded by a thin electric wire fence onset.
91裸聊视频淲hen I go away, she is a little upset and when I come back she91裸聊视频檒l actually blow me off. If Dawn91裸聊视频檚 there she91裸聊视频檒l go over and say hi to Dawn, love up to Dawn and then look at me like, 91裸聊视频榊ou91裸聊视频檝e been gone.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
Agee shot her 91裸聊视频淎rctic91裸聊视频� role about a year ago in a warehouse in Abbotsford.
Her other credits include the 2014 Norwegian children91裸聊视频檚 drama 91裸聊视频淥peration Arctic91裸聊视频� and 199691裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淎laska91裸聊视频� with Charlton Heston, which was her first movie. She also has her own Facebook page, Agee the Polar Bear.
Dumas, who has been an animal co-ordinator and trainer for 47 years, got Agee specifically for 91裸聊视频淎laska91裸聊视频� when she was two months old from the Kolmarden Wildlife Park zoo in Sweden in 1995.
He trained her through positive reinforcement, with the primary goal of making her a part of the family.
91裸聊视频淚 make a commitment to these animals,91裸聊视频� says Dumas, who has had various creatures on his four-hectare property over the years, including a grizzly bear, cougars, deer, wolves and eagles.
91裸聊视频淭hey work for me and then I work for them. You just don91裸聊视频檛 work 91裸聊视频榚m and throw 91裸聊视频榚m away. You91裸聊视频檙e with them or they91裸聊视频檙e with you for the rest of their lives.91裸聊视频�
Agee has her own swimming pool and pen on the Dumas property, with the option to roam around on the grass as she sees fit.
She91裸聊视频檚 never been bred, and enjoys a diet of everything from chicken and salmon to pizza and Thai food.
Agee views Dawn like a 91裸聊视频渟ister91裸聊视频� and is so close to Dumas, he91裸聊视频檚 been able to stick his head into her mouth. The couple also sometimes swims with Agee.
When asked what he has to say to animal rights groups who think such creatures shouldn91裸聊视频檛 be in captivity, Dumas said: 91裸聊视频淚f you saw the relationship I have with Agee, you91裸聊视频檇 be a fool to say that she is having a hard life. She really has it nice.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚f Agee were ill treated, I wouldn91裸聊视频檛 be able to lay down with her, swim with her and train her,91裸聊视频� he added.
91裸聊视频淲hen I pull her trailer in front of her cage, she gets excited. It91裸聊视频檚 something that she likes to do. That happens because she is treated with a lot of respect.91裸聊视频�
Dumas was born in Los Angeles and says he 91裸聊视频渇ell into91裸聊视频� animal training while working on the lion ranch of an acquaintance91裸聊视频檚 father.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a lifestyle,91裸聊视频� said Dumas, adding he91裸聊视频檚 not in it for the money. 91裸聊视频滻f I figured out what I91裸聊视频檝e made throughout my life, I91裸聊视频檝e probably averaged about five cents an hour.
91裸聊视频淵ou raise the animal from a baby, you spend a lot of time with it and no one91裸聊视频檚 paying you to do it, you just do it. And it91裸聊视频檚 a love you have.91裸聊视频�
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