When it comes to dedication, Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t mess around. For The Revenant (2015), the actor used the complete method to portray Hugh Glass, a 19th-century frontiersman on a grueling quest for survival and revenge. Among his many challenges? Eating a raw bison liver on camera—a choice that wasn’t in the original plan. Although the props team had prepared a jelly liver replica, DiCaprio felt it lacked authenticity.
So, after clearing it with his legal team, he bit into the real deal. “The membrane is like a balloon,” DiCaprio shared later as per Variety. He described the burst of the organ’s raw innards as unforgettable—and unpleasant. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu wasn’t initially thrilled about the disease risk but eventually admitted it added a visceral truth to the performance. The liver wasn’t the only hurdle.
