De Niro slams DiCaprio: How was this scene from Killers of the Flower Moon filmed?

Hitting theaters on October 18, Killers of the Flower Moon had a promising first weekend with 328,000 admissions. Despite its length of 3h26, which Scorsese himself defended, the film attracts French audiences.

If the feature film attracts both the press and the public, it is mainly due to the duo of actors who inhabit its roles: Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. Both the artists invested heavily in their roles.

The first stars William “King” Hale, a wealthy landowner who tries to appropriate the wealth of the Osage Indians. The other plays his nephew Ernest, an ex-soldier who allows himself to be manipulated by his uncle into killing him.

Please note that the following is an exact scene from Killers of the Flower Moon. If you don’t want to know anything before seeing the movie, go ahead.

The one who calls himself “King” doesn’t like it when his plans don’t go his way. Thus, his nephew, clumsy and a bit stupid, often pays the price. In a scene in the film, William Hale punishes Ernest because the latter did not follow his instructions and the Osage money went under his nose. To punish him, “King” hits his buttocks with a kind of wooden board.

De Niro spanks DiCaprio

DiCaprio wore pillows on the back of his head to film the difficult scene, said cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto. Insider. “Oh, that must hurt.”– said the technician and congratulated DiCaprio for being open to Scorsese’s requests during filming.

There were some pads on DiCaprio’s ass. But you could see De Niro really hitting it off.

“I don’t think that was in the first script.”Rodrigo Prieto said of the impact scene. “It’s something that was added and shocking to the movie.”he assures us. “It must have hurt. DiCaprio had a little bit of a pad on his butt. But you could tell De Niro was really kicking him. Leo’s up for anything. He’s really up for anything.”emphasizes the technician.

The two actors were really very involved, especially DiCaprio, who also annoyed De Niro with his sometimes over-the-top improvisations on set. To remind you, the story of the Flower Moon Killers takes place in Oklahoma at the beginning of the 20th century. Oil brought wealth to the Osages, who overnight became one of the richest in the world.

The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted the lust of unscrupulous white men, who intrigued, extorted, and stole as much of the Osage money as they could before resorting to murder.