Djimon Hounsou's Diamond bruises

31-01-2007 20:00

Djimon Hounsou says Leonardo DiCaprio left him covered in bruises when the pair filmed 'Blood Diamond'.The Oscar-nominated actor - who plays a Mende fisherman in the movie about conflict diamonds in Sierra Leone - insists it is the "roughest" film he has ever made.Djimon told Britain's Telegraph magazine: "I've never done anything this rough. Scene after scene my body gets hurt. It was extremely challenging. Earlier in the shoot, Leo was beating me up take after take. "My chest was hurting for weeks. If I'd been white, I'd have been black and blue!"Djimon - who also starred in 'Gladiator' and 'In America' - revealed that 'Blood Diamond' brought back distressing memories of his childhood in Benin, Africa.He explained: "In one shot there were kids sitting on a concrete floor with no desks, no books, nothing. I remember that, sitting on a dirt floor, trying to learn as much as I could, trying to be the best I could be."