The Revenant

The Revenant

What is a person capable of in the fight for his own life? The legendary explorer and trapper on an expedition to the Wild West in 1823 was brutally attacked by a bear. His hunting companions left the unfortunate Hugh Glass to die alone. It is driven by the extraordinary power of the human spirit. During the epic adventure, the explorer experiences unimaginable grief and betrayal by his friend John Fitzgerald. With the help of willpower and love for his family, Hugh Glass must fight against the cruel winter, with the Indians and nature itself to survive. He is also driven by the desire to take revenge on Fitzgerald. Read more Before the project "The Legend of Hugh Glass" fell into the hands of Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Park Chan-wook ("Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance", "Oldboy", "Sympathy for Ms. Vengeance"), John Hillcoat ("The Road", "The Drunkest District in the World") and Jean-Francois Richet ("Enemy of the State #1") were interested in it. Moreover, the Korean director wanted to take on one of the roles of Samuel L. Jackson, and the Australian - Christian Bale. The story of the tape is based on the real events described in the novel "The Revenant" by Michael Panke. Iñárritu himself, as well as Mark L. Smith, worked on the script. John Fitzgerald could have been played by Sean Penn. But scheduling conflicts forced him to leave the filming of "The Legend of Hugh Glass." When the role of the traitor was offered to Tom Hardy, he did not immediately agree, because he intended to work on the "Splinter Cell" project. But Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays Glass, asked him to read the script before turning it down. In the end, before even finishing the reading, Hardy joined the cast. By the way, this is DiCaprio's first role in two years, since The Wolf of Wall Street. The filming of the film "The Legend of Hugh Glass" began in October 2014 and took place in 12 different locations, including Canada, the United States and Argentina.