Al Pacino may be a vicious killer on screen, but in real life he fiercely protects the rodents, much to the dismay of Beverly D'Angelo.
Our spies served up a classic for us yesterday. Location: PETCO, West Hollywood. Event: Hamster Race. Participants: Five hamsters, as well as the Pacino/D'Angelo twins.
A crowd watched breathlessly as the hamsters were each placed on a plastic track. The critters were somewhat disoriented as the crowd cheered them on. This began to alarm Pacino, who worried out loud the hamsters "are gonna have a heart attack." D'Angelo fired back, "Relax, they're just hamsters!" Now we know why it didn't work out -- they even bicker during hamster races.
In the end, the twins finished second and third. There were whispers that the winner could have been a ringer, because the little girl brought her rodent to PETCO in what looked like a professional pink and green striped carrying case.
Catch Pacino in his latest release, "Scent of a Hamster."
10/5/2008 12:20 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Hamster Day Afternoon
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Pacino looks so hot in this pick! I wanna just throw him down and jump his sexy old bones!
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I know Beverly carried the twins, but who is the biological egg donor?
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I haven't been able to stand Pacino for awhile now, but his worry about the hamsters is really telling about how compassionate he is. Bev shouldn't have let him get away!
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See...this is why people like Al Pacino, at least HE was showing concern for the hamsters. Perhaps trying to be an example for his children.
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Ooooh, Come On!!
It's hamsters on a plastic track... forgoodness-sake!
Give your sympathy to race horses and race dogs.
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Come on, TMZ.... Hamster posts? Really... I love the site, but this is pathetic.
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