10 Genuine On-Screen Acting Injuries You Probably Missed

9. DiCaprio Over-Commits

Leonardo DiCaprio's performance as Calvin Candie for Tarantino's Django Unchained is arguably the actor's finest moment in a career with very few low points, his character creation is a perfect study in egotistical malevolence, with an animalistic undercurrent that rears its ugly head a few times, before the ultimate pay-off that sees Django's plan to free his wife almost foiled. The commitment DiCaprio showed to the performance was impeccable, which should have warranted at least an Academy nomination, especially given the fact that Christoph Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor gong for a vastly inferior performance. Candie got under the audience's skin in a way that only truly enduring villains do, and he is not only DiCaprio's greatest role, but also Tarantino's greatest villain, out-gunning both Waltz's Jew Hunter and Bill thanks to greater complexity that comes mostly thanks to the actor's work. His commitment was particularly evident in the scene immediately following the revelation of Django's relationship with Broomhilda, in which Candie explains the reason why black people are more suited to being slaves and servants. As his tirade comes to a climax, DiCaprio slams his hand down on the table, smashing a glass and cutting his hand for real, which was ultimately kept in the film because the take was so good, and because it added an even greater level of volatility to the outburst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72nK7APr6Xs And yet, still no Oscar nod...