If The Revenant took place in 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio wouldn’t be stalked by a particularly aggro bear – rather, he’d be followed by the still-unfolding Malaysian government embezzlement saga.
Months ago, it was alleged that Red Granite Pictures – the Malaysian-based company that produced Leo’s 2013 smash The Wolf Of Wallstreet – financed the flick with cash illegally drawn from a government fund.
Lukas Straumann, director of the Bruno Manser Fund, said “Leonardo DiCaprio has consistently refused to explain his close personal and financial ties with key persons of the Malaysian 1MDB scandal.”
Straumann said it’s “unacceptable” that DiCaprio remains in the post, and that “we can’t save the environment if we fail to stop corruption.”
While Leo was never directly implicated in the government embezzlement, it’s certainly not a good look for him as a Hollywood pro, nor as a bona fide climate change activist.
Source: Variety.
Photo: Gustavo Caballero / Getty.
