NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 15: Leonardo DiCaprio attends the DGA Honors 2015 Gala on October 15, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for DGA)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 15: Leonardo DiCaprio attends the DGA Honors 2015 Gala on October 15, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for DGA)
Crawling inside a dead animal carcass and eating raw bison liver isn't a Bear Grylls survival tactic - it's the length Leonardo DiCaprio went to for a new role.
Method acting takes on new meaning for the actor who was willing to sleep in a dead animal carcass and eatuncooked meat during filming for his new role in The Revenant.
DiCaprio plays a 19th century frontiersman seeking revenge on a man who left him for dead, played by Tom Hardy.
In a new interview he opened up about the extreme tactics used to get in character and deliver an authentic performance.
"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," DiCaprio told Yahoo.
"I certainly don't eat raw bison liver on a regular basis ... When you see the movie, you'll see my reaction ... It says it all. It was an instinctive reaction."
The Revenant opens in Australian cinemas on January 7.
