Fox studios has issued a statement disproving rumors that star Leonardo DiCaprio was raped by a bear in his upcoming movie, The Revenant.
The statement released by the studio said that the 41-year-old actor was attacked by a female bear which was protecting, US magazine reported.
The attack.
Posted by The Revenant Movie on Monday, November 30, 2015
The titanic actor will also portray the role of real-life frontiersman Hugh Glass in film, was attacked by a bear while depicting the scene during an 1823 expedition of the American wilderness.
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Earlier, there was abuzz that the actor’s character Glass was brutally attacked by a bear who reportedly then flips him over on his back and proceeds to molest him.
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Helmed by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez, the forthcoming adventure-thriller film will also star actors Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter among others and is slated to hit US theaters on December 25, 2015.
