Published 17:33 IST, April 2nd 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio's struggles while filming ‘The Revenant’

Leonardo DiCaprio is considered to be one of the hardest working actors. Read on to know more about the struggles he had to face while shooting 'The Revenant'.

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Leonardo DiCaprio is considered to be one of most acclaimed American actors and his performance in 2015 film,  Revenant only increased his popularity.  Revenant me huge news back n, thanks to film's unique setting and DiCaprio's performance. Leonardo DiCaprio's movies that remain widely popular include Titanic, Wolf Of Wall Street, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, etc. With all that said w, re on to kw more about Leonardo DiCaprio and struggles he h to go through while filming  Revenant:

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What Leonardo DiCaprio endured while filming ‘ Revenant’

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Revenant focuses on life of Hugh Glass who suffers and gets many bruises by a bear attack and is left alone by his hunting crew. He later seeks his revenge and conquers many obstacles on his way. Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed character of Hugh Glass and while shooting for this film, h to endure quite a few torture-filled moments.

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For a year and a half, DiCaprio h to keep up his dishevelled beard. One may think of it as an easy task but t only did beard appear gross but came with challenges of its own. DiCaprio even spoke of it and called it his 'spouse' and also opened up about his difficult times while trying to get rid of same. Leonardo even h to take long trips to unkwn places for small shoots as he refused to use any help from  soundst or greenscreen. 

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Leonardo, along with cast took a trip two hours away and stayed in a hotel for days while shooting for a scene. director wished to work with natural light and with minimum time, it was extremely difficult to re-shoot scenes. Days would go wasted under freezing cold and shooting process would get harder than one could imagine. 

Domhnall Gleeson, Leonardo's co-star, spoke of sun hitting needed spot for just 20 minutes a day making shooting process much harder. Leonardo even h to be up before sunrise every day and h to put on a lot of makeup. actor in total wore 47 prostics throughout entire shoot.

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17:33 IST, April 2nd 2020