Katie Holmes' latest film role sees her playing a stepmother living in a haunted house.But when it comes to real-life, the actress admits she's actually terrified of raccoons.
Promoting her new movie Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark on Jay Leno's Tonight Show, the 32-year-old revealed she loses her cool when near one of the furry mammals.
With Holmes spending a lot of the year living in New York City with husband Tom Cruise and their daughter Suri, Leno suggested the actress should be used to the creatures.
He said: '"Raccoons? Well you picked the wrong city young lady to live in. Why raccoons? Is it the mask? Do you think they're criminals? What is it?'
She replied: You know, most things are like dogs, you know, they're more afraid of you than you are of them and I don't find that.
'I was recently sitting outside and this raccoon comes right up, like right there, and I'm expecting it to be more afraid of me and I'm staring at it and it's staring right back like he's gonna kick my butt and I didn't know what to do so I just stood up and barked at it and he just ran away.'
Holmes' defence mechanism prompted laughter from the audience, with Leno conceding: 'He's like, this lady's crazy.'
Also on the show, Holmes admitted her recent birthday surprise for Cruise was ruined when her plans were leaked to the media.
She explained: 'His birthday is in July and we were in Florida and I was really excited and I threw him a little kind of dinner party.
'Then it turned out that it was in the press, it was like this huge blowout, but it was really only like ten people, but I was like, okay, that's fine.'
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark is released in the U.S. on August 26 and in the UK on October 7. 
Promoting her new movie Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark on Jay Leno's Tonight Show, the 32-year-old revealed she loses her cool when near one of the furry mammals.
Revealing her fears: Katie Holmes admitted she's terrified of raccoons as she appeared on The Tonight Show last night
He said: '"Raccoons? Well you picked the wrong city young lady to live in. Why raccoons? Is it the mask? Do you think they're criminals? What is it?'
She replied: You know, most things are like dogs, you know, they're more afraid of you than you are of them and I don't find that.
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Show no fear: Holmes is terrified of raccoons
Holmes' defence mechanism prompted laughter from the audience, with Leno conceding: 'He's like, this lady's crazy.'
Also on the show, Holmes admitted her recent birthday surprise for Cruise was ruined when her plans were leaked to the media.
She explained: 'His birthday is in July and we were in Florida and I was really excited and I threw him a little kind of dinner party.
'Then it turned out that it was in the press, it was like this huge blowout, but it was really only like ten people, but I was like, okay, that's fine.'
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark is released in the U.S. on August 26 and in the UK on October 7.
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