Leonardo DiCaprio had to wait a long time for his first Oscar. He received the award for the survival thriller The Revenant – and he had to invest a lot in this film. The Revenant is on TV today. We show you some of the hardships DiCaprio endured during the rough shooting. Some sounds unbelievable.
On TV today: That’s what The Revenant is about
In 1823, trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is attacked by a bear while on an expedition into the harsh North American wilderness. His colleagues, the ruthless mercenary John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), the upstanding Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson) and the young Jim Bridger (Will Poulter), give the badly injured Glass little chance of survival. When Indians also approach the camp, they decide to leave Glass behind.
As they escape, they also take Glass’ gear and tools that would greatly increase his chances of survival in the wild. But the man left for dead survives and decides to take revenge on his former companions. For his way back to civilization, however, he must first overcome 350 miles of the untouched and hostile wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. (Now in home cinema: One of the best films of 2022 makes the whole world stand still *)
Animal Carcasses and Raw Liver: Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Revenant Experience
The Revenant was mostly filmed in the great outdoors of North America. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu wanted to capture the harshness of the climate and wilderness in natural light and without CGI. This twist at the interface between civilization and wilderness was only the basis for trying to tell the story of The Revenant as authentic as possible to represent. The first victim of the attempt: Lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The star referred to the project as “incredibly ambitious”. He could “Name 30 or 40 sequences that are among the hardest things I’ve ever had to do.”
Fortunately, he told a selection of the various challenges after the shoot. So DiCaprio had to:
He was rarely able to recover from the stress, because “It was constantly cold and you were always standing in front of one hypothermia.” To make matters worse, the complex shooting took a long time: it lasted from October 2014 to August 2015. A far too long period for a film that is so dependent on the seasons. The fatal consequence: the snow in North America melted. Suddenly, instead of snowflakes, bees buzzed around the heads of the crew. So the crew had to move to colder climes.
When is The Revenant on TV?
The Revenant is running on Monday at 10:15 p.m. on ZDF. A repeat of the 150-minute epic is not planned. But you can see the film on Netflix.
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