Leonardo DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974 in Hollywood, California, and began from a young age to participate in television commercials. His first film role was in the sci-fi horror film Critters 3, in which he played the stepson of an evil owner. Launched in 1991.
Later, in 1993, DiCaprio acted as Johnny Depp’s mentally disabled brother in Who Does Gilbert Grape Love, a comedy-tragic film about a dysfunctional Iowa family.
Director Lasse Hallstrom admitted that he was initially looking for a less cute actor, but decided on DiCaprio as he had become “the most observant actor” among all those who auditioned. His performance was so believable that many thought he was really in a mature delay. In 1995, Quick and Deadly by Sam Raimi, a western in which he appeared alongside Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe, in which he played Hackman’s son Kid, a young gunman. And in which they say Sharon Stone was willing to collect less money for her participation as long as the tape included DiCaprio.
Then came Total Eclipse, a novelized account of the homosexual relationship between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine, played by David Thewlis.
A year before starring in Titanic, which would launch him to world fame, he played Romeo Montesco in a modern version alongside Claire Danes, Julieta Capulet, where he began to gain fame as one of Hollywood’s cutest faces.
Finally by 1997 with Kate Winslet, they formed the best-known 90’s pair on Titanic: Jack & Rose.
Today the renowned actor is serving 46 years and along with an extensive career, an Oscar, and thousands of fans around the world. He acted and rubbed shoulders with Hollywood’s best actors and directors and is a fervent militant of environmental rights and climate change. Here are some curiosities of the actor you might not have known
Her mother decided to name him Leonardo after the renowned painter Da Vinci, as while contemplating a painting of the famous painter, and being pregnant she felt Leo’s first kicks.
Among hundreds of boys, he was directly cast by Robert De Niro to play Toby in This Boy’s Life (1993).
A TIME magazine reporter dubbed it “boring,” due to the actor’s ability to quickly list the names of 20 endangered species.
In a hollywood reporter post, Mark Wahlberg revealed that he and DiCaprio hated each other when they worked together on The Basketball Diaries (1995).
She was seen, and even auditioned, to play Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014), but eventually Benedict Cumberbatch took the role.
And finally I leave you two anecdotes told by it.
