The Reverant

[Jcberg]

Just finished reading Lord Grizzly so I'm pumped to see the flick.

 

[JFKinYK]

Keep an eye out for some local NWT talent...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/melaw-nakehko-the-revenant-1.3368141

 

[husky390]

Never heard of it.

I'd get the eyeroll if I even offered to take my wife to the movies. She hates going to the movie theater, which is fine by me.

Lucky.

 

[5MilesBack]

Although my wife still gives me the gears for taking her to the "Lone Survivor"

Great movie! That movie should be used as a Seal recruitment tool.

And I agree........your wife still owes you big time.

 

[Poser]

I read that DeCaprio spent the night in a bison carcass and went on a raw meat diet while preparing for the role.

 

[Matt Cashell]

I thought DeCrapio was supposed to be a flippin' Vegan or something.

In spite of him, I think I will see the movie. Don't think the missus will want to go with on this one though...

 

[belly-deep]

I read that DeCaprio spent the night in a bison carcass and went on a raw meat diet while preparing for the role.

I don't doubt you read that, but frankly I have a hard time believing it is true. I don't think anyone from Hollywood would do that for a role. Most of that crowd won't even drink tap water.

 

[sodaksooner]

DeCaprio is kind of noted for doing some crazy stuff to get into roles. Wouldn't surprise me.

That said, looking forward to the movie. Grew up in western SD, so heard Hugh Glass' tale my whole life. I read one of the books about him many years ago. Quite a tale.

 

[Poser]

I've never bothered to look up his personal beliefs or practices, but actors at that level are frequently required to take drastic steps in order to get into character, be it getting incredibly jacked in a crazy short time, gain 60 pounds of fat in an incredibly short period of time, or chain smoke cigarettes which often includes practicing chain smoking during preparation. I haven't seen the movie yet, but if he is indeed a convincing character, I would not be one bit surprising that he took some drastic measures. Reportedly, the entire cast of the the movie The Grey actually ate wolf meat both in preparation and during filming.

 

[belly-deep]

I've never bothered to look up his personal beliefs or practices, but actors at that level are frequently required to take drastic steps in order to get into character, be it getting incredibly jacked in a crazy short time, gain 60 pounds of fat in an incredibly short period of time, or chain smoke cigarettes which often includes practicing chain smoking during preparation. I haven't seen the movie yet, but if he is indeed a convincing character, I would not be one bit surprising that he took some drastic measures. Reportedly, the entire cast of the the movie The Grey actually ate wolf meat both in preparation and during filming.

Gaining/losing weight is one thing.

As an attorney, I have a real hard time believing the production company's lawyers would allow them to have requirements for the actors such as eating raw meat or sleeping in a buffalo carcass all night (presumably in the cold if the movie trailers are any indication) to get into character. It makes for a good story, but it is just not realistic in today's society. Can you imagine how much money that company would have to pay out if DiCaprio died because of hypothermia or because they made him eat raw meat? Nobody is going to take on that much liability for a movie that might flop at the box office and only net a few million in profit.

 

[Poser]

Gaining/losing weight is one thing.

As an attorney, I have a real hard time believing the production company's lawyers would allow them to have requirements for the actors such as eating raw meat or sleeping in a buffalo carcass all night (presumably in the cold if the movie trailers are any indication) to get into character. It makes for a good story, but it is just not realistic in today's society. Can you imagine how much money that company would have to pay out if DiCaprio died because of hypothermia or because they made him eat raw meat? Nobody is going to take on that much liability for a movie that might flop at the box office and only net a few million in profit.

You are assuming that the production company forced him to do this. Most actors at Decaprio's level are under little direct influence as far as initial character development. He very well could have done this on his own since he is a method actor. Edward Norton admitted to taking steroids in preparation for the American History X role. I doubt the production company required or encouraged him to do that either.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-ate-raw-bison-for-the-revenant-a6703796.html

 

[Backpack Hunter]

I don't doubt that he has done some extreme things in preparation. Other actors routinely do drastic things for roles and I don't see how this would be any different.
I would doubt that the company required him or other actors to go to such extremes, but I'm sure they probably know.

 

[belly-deep]

You are assuming that the production company forced him to do this

I didn't assume anything. You said it:

actors at that level are frequently required to take drastic steps in order to get into character

As far as this goes:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-ate-raw-bison-for-the-revenant-a6703796.html

It's called "buzz" and it helps to sell movies, so of course they hype it up. If you read DiCaprio's actual quote, instead of the author's click bait, the truth comes out:

Leonardo DiCaprio has taken things to the next level for his role in The Revenant. To prepare, the actor not only camped out in the wilderness: he slept in an animal carcass, ate raw bison and went for regular swims in frozen rivers.

“I can name 30 or 40 sequences that were some of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do,” he told Yahoo Movies. “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.”

In reading DiCaprio's words closely, all of those things were part of the movie sequences, not part of his preparation.

 

[Poser]

Alright, I don't think it's much worth arguing about. I don't have a strong opinion on it either way other than I am interested in seeing the film, Decaprio is known as a hardcore method actor and I read somewhere (not linked above as I didn't find it immediately upon searching and not interested in putting much time into researching it further) that he took some interesting steps in preparing for the role. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. If I go see the film and his character is unconvincing, then I'll be disappointed.

 

[bigmoose]

Check out the movie Man in the Wilderness with Richard Harris... This is basically a re-make, more or less...

I wondered that after seeing the trailers...

 

[bourbon]

I pulled a screener copy of this and The Hateful 8 off newsgroups this morning. Plan on watching them over the next couple of evenings. Ill give a full report...without spoilers.

 

[bourbon]

Watched it last night. I didn't think it was that good. As was previously said...a lot of un-needed drama. =(

 

[Northernpiker]

I'm looking forward to seeing the movie...when's it going to be on TV?

 

[Ray]

Link to history and background stuff with links to other stuff on the myth/legend

 

[-bowfreak-]

I can't get past the supposed grizzly bear rape scene. No thanks for me.