Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone on working with Martin Scorsese and honoring the Osage tribe

The stars of Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, spoke to Brut’s Augustin Trapenard about the tragic story of the Osage tribe and their experience working with the legendary director. Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book by David Grann, which recounts the systematic murder of members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma in the 1,920s, after oil was discovered on their land. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart, a white man who marries Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone), an Osage woman who becomes a target of the killers. Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and Brendan Fraser also appear in the film. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, where it received a standing ovation from the audience. Trapenard met with DiCaprio and Gladstone in Cannes to discuss their roles and the importance of telling this story. DiCaprio said he was shocked by the lack of awareness about the Osage murders, which he called “one of the most atrocious acts