Alejandro González Iñárritu’s upcoming western, “The Revenant,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Domnhall Gleeson, might just be all done. Reportedly, the film's ending had to be shot separately in Argentina due to the extreme (and ultimately controversial) conditions in which they’re shooting. The “Birdman” follow-up movie tells the story (based on Michael Punke’s 2003 novel) of fur-trapper Hugh Glass (played by DiCaprio), who's attacked by a grizzly bear and is left for dead before he goes on an epic 200-mile trek back to civilization to encounter the men who had left him there.
The Oscar-winning director’s team was working at extremely low temperatures, in remote locations in Canada, far away from civilizations and Iñárritu recently admitted he’s become sort of “addicted” to taking risks that could fail. “If we ended up in greenscreen with coffee and everybody having a good time, everybody will be happy, but most likely the film would be a piece of shit,” he insisted. “[The film] is about survival, and the actors and crew benefited from having to make it in nature.”
In addition, Academy Award winner Emmanuel Lubezki decided to only use natural sunlight adding to the technical difficulties of making the film, but it is definitely much appreciated in the stills 20th Century Fox just released. The photos are not only breathtaking, but reflect the intense emotional and physical rollercoaster the characters went through. “I saw this film as an opportunity to explore the possibilities and reasons for what keeps us striving to live when you have lost everything,” Iñárritu explained to Grantland. “When I talk about losing everything I also mean health, hope or emotional relationships. So what do we have? Why do we continue?” The film is set to hit theatres on Christmas Day.
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