After a thrilling action sequence Fox’s character, Samantha O’Hara, and her team find themselves being hunted for the first time.

The team of desert warriors are being tracked down by a ginormous escaped lioness, whose only desire is to hunt and kill the people around her.

Rogue shows off Fox in perhaps the hardest role she has ever starred in.

Bassett claimed Fox enjoyed the experience so much that it left a lasting effect on her.

She said: “I think Africa had a really profound effect on her, as it does to so many people when they go there. I think it changed her life really.”

Bassett explained she thought Fox first became interested in the role due to the environmental connotations of the movie.

She said: “I think it was because she just recognised this as an opportunity for her to do a movie about something she cared about – because she’s very environmentally aware.”

Bassett also revealed that, she believes Fox was keen to change the one-note persona that followed her, allowing her to be seen as a more action-oriented movie star.

The director continued: “Also to move the needle on how she was being perceived, on a movie that was small enough not to be a very public change of pace.”