If everything works out according to plan, Leonardo DiCaprio is on his way to an Oscar for his absolutely SAVAGE performance in The Revenant. Back in December we told you about Hugh Glass, the 18th century frontiersman badass who inspired Leo’s character in the movie. He was mauled by a bear and pretty much left for dead in one of the most harrowing survival stories we’ve ever read:
And then came the bear, who reportedly charged Glass and then picked him up by the throat and threw him to the ground. He managed to get a single shot into the mother bear and stab her with his knife, but the attack didn’t stop there: the grizzly “…tore off a mouthful of his flesh and lumbered back to her cubs. When he tried to escape, she attacked him again, biting deeply into his shoulder and chewing his back.”
While Glass’ companions did kill the bear, the rip in his throat left him unable to communicate and his injuries meant he was unable to walk. Rather than ditch him outright, Glass’ companions tore strips of cloth off their shirts to tend to his wounds and waited through the night, certain he’d be dead by morning.
As I’m sure you’ve guessed…he made it through the night, and then some.
The commander of their expedition had two men stay back with Glass until he passed while the rest of the team moved on due to fears of Indian attacks. However when Glass was still alive five days later the two men ditched him by a river and lied to the rest of the team, saying he’d died and they’d buried him. To add insult to life-threatening injury, they took his rifle, ammunition, knife, flint and steel.
Seriously, stop everything you’re doing and go read more about him. We’re not surprised that a Bro King like Leo is so inspired by bear-slaying badass motherfucker.