LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) — Much like his character Hugh Glass in the upcoming survival drama The Revenant, star Leonardo DiCaprio has had his fair share of near-death experiences.
In the latest issue of Wired magazine out Dec. 22, the actor discussed the difficulties in shooting his latest film and how escaping death in the past helped him prepare for the grueling shoot.
“Every single day of this movie was difficult. It was the most difficult film I’ve ever done,” DiCaprio said. “You’ll see, when you see the film. The endurance that we all had to have is very much up on the screen.”
DiCaprio shared that he had been through much worse.”I always seem to be very close to being part of a disaster,” he explained. “If a cat has nine lives, I think I’ve used a few.”
One harrowing experience the 41-year-old recalled involved almost getting attacked by a great white shark. “A great white jumped into my cage when I was diving in South Africa. Half its body was in the cage, and it was snapping at me,” he revealed before mentioned how he thought he was going to die in a plane crash.
“A [plane] engine blew up in front of my eyes,” DiCaprio said of a flight to Russia. “I was sitting there looking out at the wing, and the entire wing exploded in a fireball. I was the only one looking out at the moment this giant turbine exploded like a comet. It was crazy.” Luckily the pilot was still able to make an emergency landing.
Lastly DiCaprio shared a scary moment in the air during a skydiving incident.”It was a tandem dive. We pulled the first chute. That was knotted up… He pulled the second, and that was knotted up too. He just kept shaking it and shaking it in midair, as all my friends were, you know, what felt like half a mile above me, and I’m plummeting toward earth. [Laughs.] And he finally unravels it in midair.”
Recently, DiCaprio received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his turn as Glass. The Revenant opens in theaters Dec. 25.
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