Leonardo has been listed as one of the most beautiful people by numerous magazines. People magazine named "the world's 50 most beautiful people", and in 2016, she was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Known as a leading figure in biopics and period films, he has received numerous accolades, including an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globes for . He has been on the annual list of the world's highest-paid actors eight times.
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Leonardo's parents separated when he was a year old, and he lived mainly with his mother. Having lived in some of the poorer parts of Los Angeles from a very young age, I also discovered a love for acting ( Hollywood is right here in Los Angeles, the hub of the film industry). Leonardo dropped out of high school in his third year of secondary school and chose to study acting at a free drama school.
A lot about Leonardo is kept under wraps in Hollywood, and it looks like the actor is keeping his private life as private as possible. We have collected some short stories of Leonardo DiCaprio.
1, the handsome man did not become famous overnight, he has experienced 107 failed auditions!
Leonardo is arguably one of the greatest actors in Hollywood history, having been in the industry since the early '90s, starring in some of the entertainment industry's influential films. From his lead role in Martin Scorsese's revolutionary biopic " The Wolf of Wall Street " to his Oscar-winning performance in "Ghost Hunter," there isn't a role he doesn't fit. But this beautiful actor did not become famous overnight, he has always taken his acting seriously. After 107 failed auditions, he didn't even give up!
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2, the mother named him Leonardo after seeing the paintings of Da Vinci
The origin of the name Leonardo is particularly interesting, because he is a famous Renaissance painter Li Named after Leonardo da Vinci. During a trip to Italy, his mother first felt a baby in her womb when she went to the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence to view a Da Vinci painting while pregnant In kicking her, it led her to name the star after this magical encounter.
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, despite his impressive name, was actually suggested to Leonardo to change his name because it caused some difficulties for him to get the role (as Leonardo DiCaprio was It is an Italian name, not an English name). Apparently, the actor auditioned 100 times while he was just starting his acting career, which almost led to him having few acting opportunities in the '80s. One agent even suggested that he change his "foreign" name to "Lenny Williams" -- a more American name -- to attract more American audiences. Today we are very grateful that he didn't quit his acting career or change his name due to multiple failed auditions, as he ended up being able to play many different iconic roles.
3. How did movie stars enter the Hollywood world?
Leonardo is one of the few child actors who has been able to maintain a steady career trajectory from the start. At the beginning of his acting career, he started working in TV commercials. His mother took him to auditions when he was a teenager, and after his TV auditions failed, he entered Hollywood by appearing in many TV commercials in the 80s. His first role was starting his acting career at the age of 14 for a TV commercial for a children's toy car.
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Soon, the young star began to "get the attention of producers" who landed him small roles in a number of TV series such as "Roseanne" (1988) and "The New Lassie" (1989). In 1991, Leonardo finally made his film debut in "Critters 3" and finally got his first breakthrough role in the TV series "Growing Pains".out.
starred in the film "This Boy's Life" with Robert De Niro in 1993, which was the first collaboration between Toby McGuire and Leonardo on the screen.
4. The superstar has a self-proclaimed "shocking (terrible)" singing voice
One of Leonardo's most iconic roles includes Baz Luhrmann's most iconic Shakespeare play A modern version" of Romeo and Juliet, which created one of the most iconic Halloween couple costume ideas. Interestingly, the sportsman was originally set to star in Baz Luhmann's Moulin Rouge , but he and the filmmakers realized his singing was "pretty shocking" and cost him the lead role .
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While the superstar's acting is impeccable, his singing ability is far from it. That hasn't stopped him from stepping out of his comfort zone and singing in several movies — including his recent Hollywood box-office hit "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
Leonardo told the media: "Well, thank goodness I wasn't hired to dub this movie."
5. Won the "Worst Actor Award"? Leonardo famous for not winning an Oscar before 2016?
His 1993 performance in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" earned him his first Academy Award nomination for his role as Johnny Depp's "mentally retarded brother", for which he also won a Golden Globe nomination. He was only 19 years old at the time!
We all know that Leonardo is one of the greatest actors of all time, but that wasn't always the case. In fact, in 2001, he won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his role in Beach , which received numerous negative reviews.
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Up until his Oscar win for "Ghost Hunt" in 2016, internet townspeople joked about Leonardo losing consecutive Oscars because he's been nominated for five awards, but every Lost once.
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finally won his first Oscar in 2016 for the movie "Ghost Hunter". In the movie, his character gets bitten by a bear, climbs into the guts of a dead horse, swims across an icy lake, and shoots multiple times! Who says acting is easy?
6. His hairstyle is banned in some countries
7% of teenage girls in the US have seen Leonardo's movie Titanic twice within a week of its release!
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After the huge success of the movie "Titanic", the "Leonardo Wave" has swept the world. So much so that his representative hairstyle in "Titanic" was banned by countries like Afghanistan because they didn't want to be associated with the film at all. The iconic '90s "curtain bangs" were seen as offensive to Islam because the bangs interfered with the ability to bow and pray. In fact, 22 hairdressers have been jailed for giving their clients this hairstyle!
7. Although he grew up in a drug environment, he has never used drugs
Although the actor does use e-cigarettes, he has never actually used drugs. Although living in a drug-filled environment from the age of three or four. In fact, during the filming of "The Wolf of Wall Street," Leonardo performed convincingly, but he actually needed training to complete the representative (drug use) scenes, taking stress when filming scenes involving drugs. Crushed vitamin B tablets.
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consulted the drug experts on set, and he watched Youtube videos with Jonah Hill and (Jonah Hill) for inspiration for the drunken scene.
Leonardo revealed that they were "actually doing fake drugs every day for about seven months", which even led toTo Jonah Hill Hospitalized After Overdose!
8. He formed a "pick-up gang" with a group of Hollywood men in the '90s.
Although he has never used drugs, the actor admits to being an avid party freak in the '90s. He formed a (play party) group called "The Pussy Posse" (pic-up gang) with a group of Hollywood people, including Tobey Maguire, David Blaine and Hermonley Cornina. Harmony Korine) and others, are members of what they call "The Pussy Posse" and have been partying and revelling all the way through the decade.
Leonardo is the highest achiever and the best paid in the group, the sun of the group, the others are like planets around him. Much of the legend surrounding "The Pussy Posse" is apocryphal, as members keep details of the group's activities private. For more than two decades, members have been rumored to reveal that Pussy Posse's first rule is not to talk about Pussy Posse.
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9. Charismatic MILF is an environmentalist and philanthropist
Leonardo is particularly committed to environmentalism, he founded a nonprofit, regularly supports charities, and even made several documentaries about the environment . He is one of the most active celebrities working on the climate change movement.
If you follow Leonardo's social media pages, you'll notice his passion for climate change and the environment. He also created the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which is "dedicated to ensuring a sustainable future for our planet."
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In 2014, he was appointed as UN Climate Change Representative. At a tiger summit in Russia, Putin called him a real man. "Here, in Russia, we call such people real men," Putin said. "If wildlife and tiger protection is in the hands of people with this character, we are destined to succeed."
10. A woman jailed for him
One night in 2005, a model named Aretha Wilson cut a wound on Leonardo's head with a bottle, leading to an emergency hospital call and 17 stitches. The model was later jailed for two years after pleading guilty. Apparently, she thought Leonardo was her ex-boyfriend.
11. The Titanic created a career peak
When Leonardo shouted from the bow of the Titanic, "I am the king of the world!" and looked out to sea, he improvised, James Cameron (James Cameron) liked it so much that it was kept in the movie and then parodied countless times over the next few years.
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Leonardo gained public recognition in The Basketball Diaries (1995) and the romantic drama Romeo and Juliet (1996), and later with James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997) gained international fame, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time until James Cameron's sci-fi film Avatar (2009) surpassed it.
developed a long and beautiful friendship with then-heroine Kate Winsley because of the film. (Internet pic)
"Fortunately, it's a lucky thing - we never liked each other, I know it's annoying, sorry. We really never did. So it does mean that we To be able to have this (friendship)...to be able to make fun of each other, and we still do, is really cool," Kate Winslet said in a 2017 interview.
The rumored Titanic will reunite in 2022 to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary. (Internet photo)
12. Movie superstar is vegan
Although Leonardo looks like a fancy guy, he is just an ordinary guy trying to save the planet one step at a time. Leonardo was adamant about not eating meat. While he hasn't publicly stated whether he's vegan, the actor once encouraged his Twitter fans to join him in eating plant-based foods to save the planet.
But, he ate raw liver for Ghost Hunter, there's a reason Leonardo won an Oscar for that movie, he was so focused on the role, he ate raw liver in one particular scene. While he was given the option to eat the prop version while filming, the actor reportedly opted to eat real uncooked animal parts because "fakes don't look real," according to the report.
"The bad part is the membrane around it. . . it's like a balloon. When you bite it, it pops in your mouth," he reveals, reflecting on the feeling and wanting to vomit.
13. The actor has OCD
The actor is far from perfect, the Hollywood legend speaks honestly about mental health. The popular celebrity is reportedly suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. He admitted he had been actively trying to overcome the disease for years by rearranging hotel furniture and compulsively stepping on chewing gum.
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In fact, his OCD also helped him bond with his role as Howard Hughes in The aviator (Howard Hughes himself has OCD).
"I can say at some point, 'Okay, you're ridiculous, stop stepping on every gum stain you see. You don't need to do this. You don't need to go back 20 feet and put your foot on that thing. Nothing bad can happen," Leonardo told the media of his OCD symptoms.
14. Ghost Hunter almost became Spider-Man
Toby McGuire is reportedly not the first actor to be drafted for the role of Spider-Man. In fact, Leonardo was the first choice! But Toby McGuire is why he refused to be Spider-Man.
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James Cameron, the great director of movies such as Titanic and Avatar, was preparing to make the first Spider-Man movie, and even when he prepared the script for this, James preferred Leonardo to serve as this character, as he worked with him on Titanic.
Leonardo talked about it in a media interview years later: "There was a script. I know he was semi-serious at some point, but I don't recall any further discussions. We talked A few times. I think I saw a script, but I don't remember. It was 20 years ago!"
also talked about how things wouldn't change even if he was in the movie. "I'm not sure what will change," Leonardo said. According to reports, it was actually Leonardo who continued to recommend his "best friend" Toby McGuire for the role of Spider-Man.
15. Everyone is making fun of Leonardo having a girlfriend?
counts Leonardo's previous girlfriends, all of them are super hot models. He dated Victoria's ace Angel supermodel Gisele Bündchen from 2018 to 2002, when she was 18-23. In 2011, she had a brief relationship with 23-year-old lace leader Blake Lively.
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You may have seen the recent explosion of jokes and comments online about Leonardo and the women he was dating. Leonardo, known for his legendary movies and acting, tends to only date younger women, which is not surprising (not all Hollywood men can be as good as Keanu Reeves), but Leonardo got older , the more discussion his girlfriends stay the same age. In fact, there seems to be an age cutoff. He has not publicly stated that he only dates women under the age of 25, but the actor is now 48.
So when the news of Leonardo breaking up with his girlfriend came out, everyone's first reaction was "what, is she already 26 years old?", the recent breakup made the Internet continue to grow old about Leonardo The fact of making fun and rolling eyes, but with singer Swift (Taylor Swift): "I'll grow old, but your lover will keep my age." The frequency with which his girlfriend ended when he was 25 drew attention to the "Leo Cap Age" on the Internet, and heated discussions about the ageing Leonardo's age two years later. At 50, eligible women will be twice Leonardo's age!
Also, quite a few people started commenting that his girlfriend can now rent a car.
In the US, you must be at least 25 years old to rent a car in the US, and if you are under 25 you will have to pay a "young renter fee", which means that most of Leonardo's girlfriends are dating Period is
where you can't rent a car