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In February 2016, an old rumor claiming that actor Ato Essandoh had been killed during the filming of Django Unchained began recirculating on Facebook in meme form. The rumor held that Essandoh had been torn apart alive by dogs on camera, at the insistence of star Leonardo DiCaprio, in order to lend a sense of verisimilitude to the period film: This graphic was first shared on the internet shortly after the theatrical release of Django Unchained in 2012, in reference to the following chilling scene: At the time, Ato Essandoh debunked his own death hoax on Twitter: The actor also discussed the death hoax in an interview with City Beat in July 2013: Rumors about Ato Essandoh's death at the hands of Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, and a dog weren't true when they first circulated in 2012, and (unsurprisingly) still weren't true when they came around once again, nearly four years later.
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