The actors think they are safe. But tiger could still break a neck or an arm with one swat or bite, and drag the actor all over the set.
And have fun doing every bit of it, with no remorse whatsoever.
"But I have special relationship with the Tiger,"is the height of ignorance and egotism, turning humans into a simple rump steak.
Relating with Tigers needs one thing understood. Tiger is predator, human is prey, and nothing you can do or say can change that natural order of things. Given that understanding, one would hardly want to disrespect such a magnificent being and natural force, by caging it, or anthropomorphizing it.
I mean we could set up a game preserve fenced in a 40 mile swath along our Southern Border and fill it with Tigers Lions and deer.
El Gato Americano!
Burp!
Cool! A liger.