The actor took his
pets to the filming set of his new movie and ended up becoming a hero
Leonardo DiCaprio
revealed in an interview a heroic anecdote that few knew and that has him and
his two rescue dogs as protagonists.
The talented
artist threw himself into a frozen lake to save his pet, a Siberian husky,
according to what he himself recounted in the Around the Table interview cycle
for Entertainment Weekly.
DiCaprio
participated in the program with his companions from Don’t Look Up, the new
film in which he stars with Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Jonah Hill,
among other stars, undoubtedly one of the great bets of the Netflix streaming
platform.
The actor decided
to take his two dogs to the filming of the film, which took place in Boston,
United States. But it seems that the pets were not very well behaved and even
caused quite a bit of trouble.
“Basically
the two of them fell into a frozen lake,” DiCaprio summed up in his
account. “I did not understand what is done on a frozen lake,” added
the actor known for his activism in favor of animals and the environment.
His colleague
Lawrence took the trouble to explain the story better. “One of the dogs
fell into the frozen lake, he jumped to save it and as soon as he took it out
of the pond, the other one jumped,” said the actress.
The protagonist of
Titanic, The Beach and The Wolf of Wall Street, among other classics of contemporary
cinema, continued to tell how the events were. “The other dog started licking
the one who was drowning, and suddenly we were all in the frozen lake
together,” she explained.
To give more color
to the story, Lawrence added a new detail: “And I’m sure everyone is
wondering this, I was there too … as soon as he got out of the lake
(DiCaprio) got naked in the car,” he revealed to everyone’s surprise.
The rest of the
cast joked about the actor’s dog behavior. The film’s director, Adam McKay,
called them “tornadoes” and Jonah Hill said, “They thrive on
chaos.” McKay also told DiCaprio, “Jonah sends me pictures of your
wrecked couch.”
Don’t Look Up is a
sci-fi black comedy written, produced, and directed by McKay. It stars DiCaprio
and Lawrence, who play two astronomers trying to warn humanity about an
asteroid that will destroy Earth.
In addition to
Jonah Hill and Meryl Streep, the main cast is Rob Morgan, Mark Rylance, Tyler
Perry, Ron Perlman, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi and Cate Blanchett.
It was released in
some theaters on December 10 but will be available for everyone in the Netflix
catalog from December 24.
