Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed that he was once almost eaten by a shark.
The actor told the story during a recent interview on the Ellen DeGeneres Show of when he once swam with sharks, admitting the experience was “absolutely terrifying”.
“I had a huge fear of sharks, and when I did Blood Diamond in 2006, I actually got stuck in a cage with a Great White, which was awesome,” DiCaprio said on Tuesday’s (January 7) episode.
He continued: “It was a gigantic Great White… They actually said in 30 years this has never happened, but the tuna kind of got stuck on the top of the cage and the Great White leapt out and tried to bite it and went into the cage with me.
“Half of its body was in and out, and I flattened down at the bottom, and it was this far away, and it chomped a few times but I survived it.”
DiCaprio was diving for a charity devoted to protecting the endangered animals, but admitted that he would never do it again.
“I don’t want to do that anymore,” he said. “But I don’t want to discount their work because they’re doing great stuff. But it was absolutely terrifying.”
Source: Digital Spy
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