Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor whose fans are seen all over the world. He is one of the finest actors who plays a new kind of character in every film of his. In this article, we will tell you 20 amazing facts about Leonardo DiCaprio that you may not know, for example why had almost rejected the titanic. What has been the most challenging film for Leo and how at one time he was going to be a part of the spider-man film? You will read many interesting facts in this article.
1. When he was one year old, his parents divorced, and since then he has been with his mother. After divorcing, his mother faced a lot of financial difficulties, due to which Leo had to change the house frequently. Leonardo DiCaprio said that he lived in a bad neighborhood, where there was a lot of criminal activity. The way Travis Bickle’s surroundings are shown in the film Taxi Driver. Leonardo said that his life was exactly the same.
Leo did not seem to be very interested in studies and has been associated with acting since a very young age. At this time, children were auditioned for children-centric advertising and Leo never left the audition. Leo was cast for an audition from where his professional action began. It was a bubble Yum.
3. Through his advertising, Leo started being cast for TV serials further. Where he played a small role in a TV show called New Lacey, Leo was 15 years old at that time. And later he was seen in many TV shows.
4. Talking about Leo’s first film, he worked in 1991’s Critters 3. The film was made on a very low budget. Then he could not even get a theater release and the same DVD was released. Leo does not like this film at all and believes that this role was the worst role of his career.
5. Leo’s official debut was in “This Boy’s Life” where he was seen opposite Robert De Niro. Leo had the main role in this film where the story of the film revolves around his character Tobey. In the film, Tobey’s father beats him a lot, due to which Tobey wants to run away from the house. Leo’s way of acting in this film was also well-liked by critics and after doing a film with a big actor like Robert De Niro, he got a lot of popularity.
6. After this film, Leo appears in the film Gilbert Grape with Johnny Depp. Where Leo played the character of a mentally challenged boy. After seeing his performance in the film, he got popular all over Hollywood. The way he acted in the film, it can be very difficult for a young actor to do. Leo was also nominated for an Oscar for this film and at this time Leo was only nineteen years old. Leo was nominated for the 1994 Oscars along with big names like John Malkovich, Tommy Le Jones, and Ralph Fiennes. This shows that Leo was very talented even at such a young age. However, Leo didn’t get the Oscar. But he got so much recognition in this way because he started being cast as the lead in the upcoming films.
7. Christian Bale, whom you all know from Batman, had a breakthrough film in his career, American Psycho. Christian Bale plays the role of Patrick in the film and he is still one of the iconic characters of his career. Leo was the first cast for this film but due to differences, he rejected the film.
If you have seen American Psycho then you know that it is difficult to imagine anyone other than Kristen Bell in this field so do you think Leo was also a perfect choice for this film or not
8. Leo was injured in an iconic scene in Django Unchained. In this scene, he hits his hand on the table loudly, and at the same time, a glass breaks from him by mistake. In the same scene, now let’s see that Leo is also surprised to see his blood, but still, he keeps doing the scene. Everyone thought Leo would shoot the scene again because he was bleeding a lot. But after every line, he keeps speaking his dialogue and this is what makes this scene the most iconic.
9. When Titanic was offered to Leo, the story of this film was not able to imagine. He knew that James Cameron CC was making this film, so he would have planned everything well, but still, Leo was doubtful about his role as an actor. James Cameron then explained to Leo that this is the most special film of his career and I know that you can play the role of Zack. After a lot of discussions, Leo said yes to the film and now you all know that Leo has got recognition all over the world for Titanic. Even in the Indian audience, Leo Was popular through Titanic in The Nineties. Where the film was shown on TV in both Hindi and English. If you have any memory related to this, then you must share it in the comments.
10. In 1997, everyone thought Leo would easily get an Oscar for Titanic because most Oscar Awards were given to this film. But you will be surprised to know that Leo was not even nominated in the category of best actor. Titanic won an overall 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Leo was not even considered for a nomination. Jack Nicholson won the Best Actor award that year for “As Good as It Gets”. Leo’s fans also feel that he should have received the least nomination for Titanic.
11. There is also an interesting story behind the name Leonardo DiCaprio. Leo’s mother was pregnant, so she went for a walk in a museum at that time and saw Leonardo Vinci’s famous painting she realized that baby was responding to The Painting, and from there she decided that she would name her child Leonardo.
12. Leonardo Caprio has worked with Bollywood’s legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan in the film “The Great Gatsby”. Sharing his experience, Leo said he was honored to work with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, the way he acted in the film explains what a great legend he is for Indian Cinema.
13. “The Wolf of Wall Street” has many drug-related scenes of Leo. He also met many drug experts to understand his character’s addiction. While doing all the scenes of the film, Leo snorted the powder of Vitamin C. However, there should not have been any problem with this. But Leo himself became ill due to so much vitamin C, inhale. Leo has played this character very well. And it was predicted that he will definitely win the first Oscar for his film but eventually this year Matthew McConaughey was given the Oscar for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’. Bonus fact, Leo has played an addict in another film named “basketball diaries”. You must watch this film about Richmond.
14. Tom Hardy and Leonardo DiCaprio appear together in the film The Revenant, before this film Leo was nominated to the Oscars many more times,
but he never received an award. He was also nominated for this film and everyone felt that maybe this time too he will not get an Oscar.
Tom Hardy himself was quite convinced that Leo was not going to get an Oscar, so he put a bet on Leo. Tom and Leo decided that if one of us wins an Oscar, the loser will have to get a tattoo of the winner’s name. Tom was sure he will win the bet and Leo will make a tattoo of his name but eventually, the opposite happened. Leo finally won his first Oscar for Revenant and later Tom Hardy also got his name tattooed. In this photo, you can clearly see that Tom Hardy has tattooed the initial of “Leo Knows All” on his arm.
15. Talking about Leo’s most difficult characters, the film The Revenant has been the most challenging for him, Leo has told in many interviews that he is a vegetarian. In this film, he had to eat raw meat. The reaction you see in the film is Leo’s real reaction because eating raw meat is impossible for a vegetarian. Leo was first offered artificial meat for this scene, but understanding his character situation, Leo insisted that he would eat real meat. Leo has won 20 awards in addition to the Oscar for The Revenant.
16. Christopher Nolan worked on the script for Inception for eight years. He envisioned Leo for the role when he was writing the character of Cobb. Then when his casting was being done, Leo was first approached and Leo was so impressed with the story of the film that he said yes to Inception at the same time. He got so engrossed in the story of the film that he added many additions to his character which made his character even more intense.
17. In Leo’s initial days, he did not get any agent easily because he was a teenager. One day an agent gave him a suggestion to change his name and said, “In Hollywood with the name Leonardo.” Making a career will be difficult, instead, you name yourself “Lenny Williams”
Leo didn’t like this suggestion at all and he entered his name in Hollywood along with Leonardo DiCaprio.
18. Leonardo has worked in 5 films with Martin Scorsese, who is counted among the world’s greatest directors. Real fans of Leo know which are those 5 films, those 5 films are-
1. The Aviator 2. Shutter Island 3. The Departed 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 5. Gangs of New York
Of all these films, Shutter Island is the only film that did not get a nomination for an Oscar.
19. In the film “Catch me if you can”, Leonardo appears in the role of a con artist, his role in the film was based on real-life con artist Frank Abagnale. To research the role, Leo met Frank in reality, where Leo spent several days with Frank. Frank didn’t think that a young actor like Leo would be able to play his role, but when he saw the film after its release, he was absolutely amazed. This film has also been very popular with the Indian audience where it is seen a lot in Hindi. If you have seen this movie, then definitely give your review in the comment.
20. James Cameron was planning to make the Spider-Man series before the Titanic, where he planned to cast Leo in the character of Tobey Maguire
