12 Epic roles that destroyed the actors playing them (With Pictures)

3. Leonardo DiCaprio — Hugh Glass, The Revenant

In 2015’s The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass. Following a violent grizzly bear attack, he is left out in the wilderness alone where he must fight to stay alive and find the man who killed his son. To prepare for this intense role, DiCaprio put his health and well-being at risk to really understand what it would be like to be wounded, freezing and alone in the wild. He ate raw bison liver, went for regular swims in freezing cold rivers and even slept inside an animal carcass.

DiCaprio recalls, “I can name 30 or 40 sequences that were some of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do.” Was it all worth it? Probably. After being nominated four times in the past, DiCaprio FINALLY won an Oscar for his role in the film.