celebrities, Fort MacMurray

Recently Fort MacMurray welcomed two well known celebrities for a visit. Both Darren Aronofsky and Leonardo DiCaprio spent a recent weekend in Fort MacMurray when they checked out the oilsands. Both celebrities have been nominated for an Oscar award and they wanted a closer look at the Athabasca oilsands that are situated in the area. Once social media was tipped off about the visit people went wild. The celebrity duo hit Fort MacMurray because they are considering a documentary and they wanted to scope things out in person. DiCaprio and Aronofsky were in a group that also included Sierra Club members. It is well known that Leonardo has been very vocal in his criticism of the oil industry so it is highly doubtful that any documentary he produces on this industry will be favorable.

According to Leonardo DiCaprio in a statement that he made in a recent documentary “The fossil-fuel industry continues to pull that carbon out of the ground. They drill, they frack, they mine earning astronomical profits. We must fight to keep this carbon in the ground. And it is possible.” Both celebrities took a plane to visit Fort Chipewyan but first they toured some of the oilsands sites. According to sources no environmental group was involved in initiating the trip, DiCaprio wanted to come to the area so he did. While the celebrities were in the Fort MacMurray region they met with members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. The spokesman for these members, Eriel Deranger,, said “It was a big boon for the community. People reacted the way you would expect people in a small community to react when someone like Leonardo DiCaprio visits. It’s only natural he would come here. We really hope his research into his project includes our community.”