Tuesday
09Sep2008
Leonardo DiCaprio Whines About 'Body of Lies' Conditions
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 7:19AM 
I think
Leonardo DiCaprio got off light. Remember when
George Clooney
was doing press for Syriana three years ago and he talked about how he
was injured filming a torture scene? Spinal fluid starting leaking out, which is
a pretty nasty thing to think about, and apparently, it's pretty uncomfortable.
Clooney suffered memory loss and even harbored some
pretty desperate thoughts. "It was the most unbearable pain I’ve ever been
through, literally where you’d go, ‘well, you’ll have to kill yourself at some
point, you can’t live like this."
He had some surgeries and now he's fine, but that's a
rough on-set injury to endure.
So I have little sympathy for DiCaprio who filmed a
similar torture scene for his upcoming geopolitical thrilla
Body of Lies. The movie, directed by
Ridley
Scott and co-starring
Russell Crowe, is about CIA operations in the
middle east, and that subject matter has not been viewed positively by American
audiences in the past three or four years. It might be a different case with
stars of this magnitude, however.
Still, even if the film outgrosses Syriana, which
won't be hard to do, frankly, Clooney is still one up on DiCaprio in the torture
scene injury department.
Says Leo, "We did that (scene) in the middle of
some medieval torture tomb. There was some kind of horrific dust in the air."
Dust? Really? Dust? Clooney had spinal fluid coming out
of his nose and you're complaining about dust? Seriously, can I get you a
Kleenex? No, no, sit still, Leo; let me look for some Visine. Some of that dust
really irritated your eyes.
Adds DiCaprio emphatically, "I got sick for two or three
days afterward because of the intense energy it took."
Two or three days? O, the humanity!
Reader Comments (42)
This was merely a statement of fact on DiCaprio's part. It wasn't "whining".
Why the need to denigrate him at Clooney's expense? Both are fine actors.
who is the idiot who wrote this?you need to see a doctor or sth man...and by the way dust can stuck in your lung and if that happens you got a serius problem friend...you should get a life and of you really love movies stop critising and just watch them...but seriusly get a life pal...
Yeh, dust can be a killer - if you inhale it daily for a couple of decades.
I think this is one of...wait no, the STUPIDEST things i have EVER heard ok i may not know alot about george clooney but what if it was just snot coming out of his nose (seeing as that is generally what comes out of someone's nose) he could have faked it...he IS an actor after all and. and ancient dust is really bad for your lungs just like ciggarette smoke is so seriously man just because someone is saying they are sick dosnt mean you have to come down on them like that dude. I know that Leonardo DiCaprio Put his ALL into this as he dose every movie he dose(which is why he is such an AMAZING actor) so just back.
He's paid millions and millions of dollars for every movie he makes. If he's complaining about dust that left him sick for a couple of days, he's more than compensated. It just seems like such a minor thing to even mention, particularly in the context of some sort of arduous ordeal he had to go through, which is why I'm pointing out the absurdity of it.
oh yeah?say that to daniel day lewis who broke two hipps to do my left foot...and he didn't complain you moron..he just said it.And leonardo dicaprio spend months in that dungeon to do rehersals so just back away and stop campaing against movies.Even one person will be affected by what you said then you just insulted the filmaking.So i advise to stop it and say sorry to the filmakers of the movie.Stop comparing, stop judging and stop making crap out of your own head...and yes he is paid millions to do what he do best and i hope he won't brake a neck to make a scene so you can be happy..
my brother died from inhaling dust on the job site. once certain dusts are in your system-there is nothing you can do. it lingers in your system then one day you get symptoms-then next your dead. unpleasant experiences are all relative.
I'm with Boyd on this one. Leos statement reminds me of a sissy in a rowing contest who made a huge complaint about getting wet from oar splashes.
That's exactly what that Boyd wanted...to make a big buzz out of nothing.You know i met people like you before.Are you an actor?If you are then just stop acting...if you're not then you should understand that those actors do anyhting they feel right to paly their character.LEO HAS THE DIFFICULT JOB TO DO AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SCENE THAT WILL PROBABLY STAY IN HISTORY.You critising him for giving his best?You judge him for putting all his ideas, and thephycological effort that this scene requires?You think is easy?Well learn acting!The only thing he said is that he got sick!IS a fact goddamned it.Live with it...aslo get a life...please do us a favor!
I guess I criticise him for not being a man about it.
If you are so man when the movie comes out try to make the scene and post it on youtube...this is going to be fun!oh don;t forget to tell your brother to beat the hell out of you...your father farting in your face to get the real expression you know and yur mother kicking you in the balls...then start complaing that you got injured trying to make that scene and there you are!!!you beat leo...he got sick for a couple of days and you got in the hospital.And by the way he got gisele...he is more man than you...
I just so it!!!you guys are authors?!!!!And you 're not fired yet?and i'm getting at your site?Everydody leave him alone jerking off and complaing!!!If he doesn't respect movies then he is not worthy reading his crap!
You guys need help, but I guess you've been told already.
ok lengthy johnson or what ever the heck your name is shut up, you already said that like 2 times we got it the first time and we dont need help just because we are speaking our mid about an actor (and an amazing one at that[leonardo]) dosnt mean you need to tell us we need help we are stating our oppinions and we have the right to do that leo worked his tail off to do this movie he dose extreamly hard work so you can be entertained and all you want to do is sit here and bitch about it because he said he was sick well once i see you do all the stuff leo dose and not get sick the you can bitch but until then keep your negative comments to yourself and piss off. same to you colin boyd.
Well, it's Colin Boyd's blog, so I guess he won't be pissing off.
And My point went right over your head. what I meant was he shouldnt be coming down on leonardo like that just because he got sick and said somthing about it its not like leonardo was saying he was deathly ill all he was saying is that he got sick for a few days. thats it. and i find it sort of amusing that you would stick up for mr.boyd here and not yourself...and you say leo isnt a man. wow you sure proved your point.(and incase THAT went over your head too, i was being sarcastic.)so next time you want to say bullshit about someone online (because you probly wouldnt have the guts to do offline and in the real world) then you go right ahead if it makes you feel good to hide behinde your computer and put someone else down didnt they teach you anything in school incase they didnt or you didnt get an education(i wouldnt doubt you didnt get an education) here are the tribal agreements:
1) The Right To Pass
2)Attentive Listening
3)Mutural Respect (which you dont seem to have)
4) Appreciatment Statements-No Put Downs (and once again you seem to be having a bit of trouble with that one)
So you need to stop saying bad things about people and once again PISS OFF!
Not quite sure what to say, really, except are you like this all the time or just once a month?
Wow. now arent you acting childish, i am sorry that you dont like the way i state my oppinons, but that dosnt give you any reason to say i am PMSing you would have to be the most impolite person i have ever encountered you do not respect anyone's oppion but your own and this colin boyd guy and i think you might even be the same person hiding behinde a different name so no i am not PMSing and i am not like "this" all the time i am simply stating my oppion and i have the right to do that just as you do. you trash talk other people and put them down and i am sure you wouldnt like to go online and find someone has said rude things about you...i would call you uncooth but that would be a waste of good grammar. now i would appreicate it if you would start lisenting to my advice and use the 4 tribes agreements and stop putting other people down. leonardo never did anything to you. he never said anything to you, he just simply stated the fact that he got sick and he didnt even say it to you. he said it to another person that could have twisted his words and make it sound like he was whineing about it when he wasnt. so all i'm saying is that you have no right to say i am PMSing when i am clearly stating my oppion. and if you think your any more of a man than leonardo dicaprio then why did you say what you said before. that is called Childishness. so please stop acting like a child and grow up the world needs more responsible adults(unlike yourself)
I find this all fantastically entertaining.
And i find you an annoying pain in the ass.:) have a nice day.
The irony there is you're trying to insult me, but I am an annoying pain in the ass.
you really hate yourself do you?That's makes sense, you hate dicaprio. I guess before you fall in bed you make plans how to ruin his life.Too bad that's the only thing you can do...make a crappy internet page judging anyone you don't like saying an opinion which is not true...so now you are sitting at your home enjoying all this fight you created.What i don't know is if they pay you to do that.Are we pay you getting at your site?That is sth i don;t know.No bullshit now...you should really start enjoying movies and stop searching for sth to critisize.You ruin a movie like that.There are thousands of idiots out there who hate dicaprio also and they will not see this movie just because he said sth.You do bad campaing for a movie that has not even been released.Admit that you hate his face and not what he says or do.He is the greatest actor of his generation and one of the greatest actors of all time and he is only 33...and he proven that..i don't say it...it's a fact.But there are still people like you who ruin his reputation and never gets the recognition of the people.Start praising him for his movies.We are lucky to have such an actor in the 21 century.
I don't hate Leo. In fact, I've never met him to be able to love or hate him. Neither have you, I would guess.
Actually, I think he's becoming a better actor these days and his performance in The Departed was indeed very good and believable.
But I do think it's a rather ridiculous form of navel-gazing to harp on about being sick for a couple of days because of some dust in the air.
well Some dusts (like ancient dust) are very harmful to your lungs and dont argue with me cause i asked my mom (shes a doctor) and she said it was so BAM!
Well, anything that helps the acting is good, I guess.
So when we see the fear and terror in Leo's face in the torture scene, we know it's not just acting ...
... it's dust!