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SHOCK! Leonardo DiCaprio collapses on set

Actor forced to take 3-day break from filming

Leonardo DiCaprio was out of action for 3 days after shooting the difficult scenes

Leonardo DiCaprio suffered a violent reaction to dust particles on set of his new movie Body Of Lies.

The actor, 33, was shooting a brutal fight sequence in a disused Moroccan prison when he became ill.

His allergy was so severe that filming was brought to a standstill while medics rushed to his aid.

‘We did a scene in some medieval torture tomb,’ he recalls.

‘There was some kind of horrific dust in the air.'

After round-the-clock treatment for 3 days, Leo was deemed well enough to continue.

‘It’s really worrying that inhaling the dust had that much affect on him,’ a source tells the Daily Star Sunday.

‘It affected his breathing and he didn’t look well at all. Who can tell what the long-term effects will be?’

Body Of Lies is set for release on 21 November

Alison Adey