This is what happens when you google the word “revenant” right now.
The Drudge Report is to thank for this, where the following lines appeared yesterday:
The bear flips Leo over and thrusts and thrusts during the explicit mauling.
“He is raped — twice!”
Not to be outdone, DiCaprio rips open a horse and sleeps naked in its carcass! (Via.)
While I love the fact that this rumor has significantly derailed 20th Century Fox’s srs bsns Oscar campaign for The Revenant, I am also someone who, last night, sat through all two hours and 40 minutes of The Revenant, which means I can assure you that at no point in the film—let alone at no two points in the film—does Leonardo DiCaprio get raped by a bear.
HOWEVER. Just about every other conceivable act of violence, cruelty, and/or misfortune does befall Leonardo DiCaprio (sometimes multiple times!) during the course of The Revenant. If you want to watch Leonardo DiCaprio suffer, The Revenant is the film for you; if you want to watch Leonardo DiCaprio get raped by a bear, well… I don’t know know what to tell you. If you want to watch Leonardo DiCaprio get raped by a bear, I probably don’t want to talk to you about much of anything, really.
The Revenant opens in Portland on January 8, at which point I’m sure we’ll all discuss this matter further.
(The horse thing totally happens though.)
Shades of Star Wars.