Leonardo Dicaprio’s co-star was almost killed by a gunman in Africa

Djimon Hounsou, Leonardo Dicaprio’s co-star in the film Blood Diamond, was almost killed by a gunman in Africa. Luckily for Hounsou, Leo saved the day by jumping in front of the gunman, causing him to flee. Hounsou is sure that if Leo hadn’t acted so heroically, he surely would have been killed:

“He stood in the way of somebody who was trying to shoot me. We went to eat somewhere and apparently somebody was threatening to kill me there. Leo said, ‘Well, you’re gonna have to go through me.’” That was enough to make the gunman think twice and he fled the scene, leading a grateful Hounsou pouring praise on his pal. Modest DiCaprio has refused to even discuss the matter during promotional interviews for the new film. He will only talk about his great friendship with Hounsou He explains, “We became like brothers on this movie… We were together for six months.”

So this guy Djimon character wants us to believe that Leonardo Dicaprio jumped in front of a crazed gunman to save his life. And the gunman (i.e. the guy holding the gun) was so scared of Leo that he ran away. Mind you this occurred in Africa, where they routinely kill people for sport. Also keep in mind that Leo once uttered the faggish line “I’m King of the World!” while leaning off the front of a boat. So yeah, basically everyone’s lying.