Leonardo DiCaprio recalls jumping into a frozen lake to rescue his dogs while shooting 'Don't Look Up'

• Leonardo DiCaprio jumped into a frozen lake to rescue his dogs.
• The incident happened during the shooting of "Don't Look Up."

Leonardo DiCaprio joined his "Don't Look Up" co-stars for a roundtable discussion about the film's production, during which he broke down the moment during shooting when he jumped into a frozen lake to rescue his two dogs.

Beginning the discussion, "Don't Look Up" director Adam McKay said that one of the funniest moments during production was that DiCaprio had two rescue Huskie dogs "that are just absolute tornadoes" and Jonah Hill, who lived with DiCaprio throughout production, would often send him pictures of DiCaprio's "ripped-apart couch" due to the dogs.

Moments later, McKay urged DiCaprio to tell the frozen lake story, which he described as the "craziest story."

"Basically they both fell in a frozen lake," DiCaprio said of the two dogs. "And then I went in. I didn't understand what you do at a frozen lake."

DiCaprio's co-star Jennifer Lawrence quickly interjected and recalled a comprehensive version of the story.

She said: "One of the dogs fell in and he jumped in the frozen lake to save the dog and as soon as he pushed the one dog out of the pond the other one jumped in."

Later Lawrence concluded the frozen lake story with a reference to a scene in 2015's "The Revenant" where DiCaprio strips naked and crawls into the carcass of a dead horse for warmth.

"I'm sure you guys are all wondering, I was too, he immediately got naked in the car," she said.

In McKay's "Don't Look Up," DiCaprio plays Dr. Randall Mindy, a fictional astronomer who embarks on a media tour with his partner Kate Dibiasky (played by Jennifer Lawrence) to warn the world that a giant and deadly comet is racing towards Earth.

"Don't Look Up" is a rare comedic role for DiCaprio and earlier this year, Insider's Jason Guerrasio reported that Leonardo DiCaprio spent months tweaking the film's script with McKay before officially agreeing to star.

"We went back and forth on [the script]," McKay said of their collaboration on an episode of the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast.

"It was about a four-to-five month process with us just kicking around ideas. We took a break for the quarantine, and lo and behold once we figured out a theoretically safe way to shoot this movie, he was in. I couldn't believe it. It's no surprise he's fabulous in the movie."

"Don't Look Up" is showing in select theaters now and will be available on Netflix beginning December 24.