Leonardo DiCaprio jumped into a frozen lake to save his dogs while filming Don’t Look Up
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 pets, 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.
