The 37-year-old actress travelled to Uganda in her desire to make a film on the sufferings of the mountain gorilla, but she and her crew were left terrified when one of the gorillas came rushing towrds them, reported Daily Express.
"We got charged by a silverback, which was, erm... Okay! We were told to act passive and submissive but it goes against every single instinct in the body when you see a huge thing making a loud screeching noise... And you are not allowed to run. You have to stay and go, 'I'm a tree and there's a big thing running at me'," Friel said.
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