Inspired by true events, THE REVENANT is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit.
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But he was excited to see the film in line for an awards season sweep, with three wins at the Golden Globes on Sunday and a field-leading 12 nominations at the Oscars. While Leo is tipped for glory with his sixth nomination for Best Actor, Tom was enjoying the novelty of being a first time nominee for Best Supporting Actor. “To articulate how I feel about it is just gonna be misunderstood”.
“I think this could be Leo’s year to win, I hope so, I think he did a brilliant job”, said Inarritu, who was effusive about his lead.
The Mexican director, who specifically thanked the Native American cast of The Revenant as he picked up his Golden Globes, was also vocal about the controversy surrounding this year’s Academy Awards, with critics noting the lack of black actors up for the biggest awards, and the best-director category all male.
It was like ‘Yeah you’ve been nominated.’ I was like ‘Yeah course I have, yeah’.
Asked about how they survived in minus 25C temperatures while filming, DiCaprio said: “He made us work hard but we knew what we were signing up for”.
“I didn’t really believe it to be fair, I was like “Yeah alright, carry on with the scene”, which was actually probably one of the worst scenes I’ve ever done in my life”, he tells British TV show Good Morning Britain. “We became very reliant on each other’s company”.
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Manchester United have entered into a partnership with film company 20th Century Fox ahead of the release of movie The Revenant.
