Leonardo DiCaprio's The Revenant Slammed By French-Canadian Actor; 'It's Completely Stupid'

Leonardo DiCaprio's latest film, The Revenant, may have won a lot of awards during the Golden Globes but it did not win the heart of French-Canadian actor, Roy Dupuis who said that the film is highly discriminating.

In an interview with Huffington Post via National Post, Dupois pointed out that the film is hugely anti-French-Canadian for assigning characters belonging to the minority the 'worst roles' who are engaged in rape, lynching and keeping of sex slaves.

"There is no credibility in this revenge drama. It's completely stupid!" the actor told the publication.

The Ontario-borne actor is said to have been initially offered the role of Toussaint, the leader of a French-Canadian fur trading expedition but declined since he did not like the portrayal of the character he is playing.

In the end, Toussaint was played by the French actor, Fabrice Adde.

The Revenant is a story of Hugh Glass, an American frontiersman, who had to survive in the perils of a lonely, snowy landscape in forest after he was attacked by a Grizzly bear and was abandoned by his fellow trappers. Despite the cold, he managed to crawl the entire 320km to finally get his share of revenge.

There were scenes in the movie portraying French fur traders stealing furs from dead Americans, keeping a chief's daughter as a sex slave and maltreating a pawnee.

Recently, the stuntmen Glenn Ennis who is responsible for the bear movements before they were processed and refined by CGI, talks about the challenges in his role.

"In rehearsals, I would wear a blue suit with a bear head. Obviously that doesn't make it into the film, and the CGI guys paint the bear in. Alejandro [G. Iñárritu] was adamant that the blue bear moved just like a real bear would move, and it was essential that it had the same nuances that a bear would have. Even though it was a big Smurf bear, it still had to be as authentic as possible," he said as mentioned by Time.

The Revenant is said to have raked $16 million in its fifth week in cinemas. Sales during the weekend have plunged up to 50 percent, however, with the blizzard happening over the weekend, Inquirer.net said.

It is said to have 12 nominations for this year's Oscar Awards.