No list of Hollywood A-listers will be complete without Leonardo DiCaprio. The What’s Eating Gilbert Grape star is in a league of his own. His reputation in the industry is a by-product of years of hard work and tenacity.
There was no rest for him. The efforts were there. So were the results. DiCaprio has one of the most elite films to his name. Ever since essaying the role of Arnie Grape, things have only improved for the Departed star.
The stuff of legends
Leonardo DiCaprio’s story is unbelievable. The success he has amassed over the course of his career, the projects he has been a part of, and the people he’s been involved with are no mere achievements. What we have at our end is an acting legacy.
The legacy is indeed monumental. But as it turns out, his legacy could have been different than it turned out to be. The Titanic star had to turn down a host of big-ticket roles just in the prowling years.
Leonardo DiCaprio knows how to make the right choice
Being a successful actor is as much about finding out the right film as it is about letting the opportunities go. The 48-year-old seems to have a talent for the latter. The Django Unchained star was offered a rather dark and vicious role in the 2005 flick Sin City, but he decided that he wasn’t the perfect fit for it.
What often comes as a surprise for people is that the Don’t Look Up star was offered a role in the Robert Rodriguez directorial venture not as a central character but as the pedophile and murderer Ethan Roark Jr, dubbed in the film as the namesake of “That Yellow Bastard”.
Leonardo DiCaprio passed on playing a pedophile murderer in Sin City
Ethan Roark Jr was indeed a dark role of a serious criminal who underwent crucial surgery and experimental medical procedures and was eventually transformed into the peculiar yellow character as seen in the film. And after The Revenant star backed off from the role, it was ultimately played by Nick Stahl.
But the opportunities did not dry up for Leo, who would be offered the fabled role of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. It was his aversion to the idea of playing the role of a man who would inflict unimaginable pain on other women that made him change his mind. The decision was a win-win for everyone involved, and Christian Bale essayed the role, which continues to be the Incel Jesus even over twenty decades later.
Source: Screenrant
