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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood saw Leonardo DiCaprio actually set co-stars on fire

Photo credit: Sony Pictures
Photo credit: Sony Pictures

From Digital Spy

Leonardo DiCaprio has faced everything from bears to quaaludes to floating doors over his varied career, but it seems that a flamethrower proved a unique challenge for the star.

The actor had to work with the terrifying prop in new movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood where his movie star character Rick Dalton sets fire to a group of Nazis.

However, it seems that the actor didn't quite take to the pyromania life (thank goodness), especially as he had to literally set his co-stars on fire.

Photo credit: Sony Pictures
Photo credit: Sony Pictures

"Leo was not very gung-ho with all the flamethrower stuff," co-stunt coordinator Robert Alonzo admitted to HuffPost. "Literally, he doesn't want to hurt anyone. And I completely understood it.

"Normally you use a stunt person in that spot to be able to manage firing a flamethrower at somebody. When I did Tropic Thunder, Nick Nolte fired a flamethrower at me.

"This time, [Leo] is actually lighting them up and holding a flame to them for about seven to eight seconds as the flamethrower is traversing back and forth around eight guys that he's never met.

Photo credit: Sony Pictures
Photo credit: Sony Pictures

"That is psychologically difficult to do, so kudos to him on being able to stay in character and do that scene."

However, in the end DiCaprio managed to get into it once he was convinced that it was all safe.

We've reviewed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and reckon it's a "sprawling and indulgent ode to a Golden Age".

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is out now in US cinemas and is released in UK cinemas on August 14.


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