Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant: “This will be one of the most unique film-going experiences that audiences have seen in modern times.”
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
The upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio starrer The Revenant could be the frontrunner come awards season, and we cannot wait to see what Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has done with the picture. One person who is proud of his work is DiCaprio himself, who says we’re in for a unique treat when this one rolls into cinemas very soon. The actor spoke with Yahoo! Movies.
“It’s going to be one of the most unique film-going experiences that audiences have seen in modern times. I can name 30 or 40 sequences that were some of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do. Whether it’s going in and out of frozen rivers, or sleeping in animal carcasses, or what I ate on set. [I was] enduring freezing cold and possible hypothermia constantly… [Inarritu is] vigilant and incredibly specific about what he wants up on screen, and he won’t accept anything less.”
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
The film is released on Christmas Day in the US, which not only puts it up against Quentin Tarantino’s next film The Hateful Eight, but also the first Star Wars sequel, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opens a week earlier. Is DiCaprio worried? Nope.
DiCaprio added:
“There’s always room at the top. I’m going to be in line for ‘Star Wars’ as well. What’s great about this time of year is, as you know, they save the best for last in most cases. And hopefully, it just means more people are excited to go to the movies. I think that people know this time of year is where a lot of great pieces of art are going to come out. I would never think that we’d be able to compete with ‘Star Wars’—that’s something that’s embedded in our cultural DNA. But I think when people begin to hear about this movie, they’ll want to go see it. And that’s all we can hope for.”
Here’s the plot of the film, which sounds brutal.
While exploring the uncharted wilderness in the 1800s, legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his own hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his will and survival skills to find a way back home to his beloved family. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, Glass treks through the wintry terrain to track down former confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), the man who betrayed and abandoned him.
The Revenant will be released in the UK on the 15th January, 2016. I will have seen Star Wars at least five times by then.
