 While filming, he worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children's Village in Maputo, Mozambique, and said he was touched by his interactions with them.To prepare, he spent six months in Africa, learned about camouflage from people in South African military and interviewed and recorded people in the country to improve his South African accent.The film received generally favorable reviews, and DiCaprio was praised for the authenticity of his South African accent, known as difficult to imitate.