KATE BECKINSALE - BECKINSALE'S OPOSSUM SHOCK

British actress KATE BECKINSALE was so shocked the first time she saw an opossum she dragged her daughter out of bed to stare back at the wide-eyed "monster". Beckinsale had no idea what an opossum was before she moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. And as the Underworld star watched the nocturnal creature intently studying her, it reminded her of Sir Anthony Hopkins' serial killer character Hannibal Lecter. She says, "We don't have things like that at home (in the U.K.). When we first moved here (Los Angeles) I heard a rustling noise outside and in the tree was an actual monster with big crazy yellow teeth like Hannibal Lecter. "I started shouting, 'Look at the monster!' It was 11 at night, my daughter was probably four, and I dragged out of bed, I was so excited."