The woman who acted as the stunt double for the lead character in the 1993 film Free Willy is opening up about what it was like working with a killer whale. Speaking on an upcoming episode of the Est.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. @petite_photographe_animaliere/Instagram, inherentlywild.co.uk The orca Keiko was taken from the ...

In the 1990s, movies featuring unlikely friendships between humans and animals were at an all-time high. Films such as 1995’s Babe, 1996’s Fly Away Home, 1997’s Air Bud, and 1998’s Paulie are just a ...

"Free Willy" star Jason James Richter is imploring French authorities to urgently relocate two captive orcas from a closed marine park. The whales remain in tanks at Marineland Antibes near Cannes, in ...

Free Willy star Jason James Richter is imploring French authorities to urgently relocate two captive orcas from a closed marine park. The whales remain in tanks at Marineland Antibes near Cannes, in ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the "Free Willy" movies, has died in Norwegian coastal waters where he remained after millions of dollars and a decade of work failed to ...

After helping Free Willy taste freedom, Dave Phillips is working to give two other orcas a life outside captivity, Phillips, a director of the International Marine Mammal Project at Earth Island ...

"Free Willy" actor Jason James Richter is imploring French authorities to urgently relocate two captive orcas from a crumbling marine park. (TideBreakers via SWNS) By Michael Lee Simpson "Free Willy" ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working ...