After appearing on television at the age of 14, Leonardo DiCaprio quickly joined the movie screen. After being chosen out of 400 candidates to play Robert De Niro’s abused stepmother in Secret Wounds, she stole the show from Johnny Depp in The Gilbert Grape, where he played a boy with an intellectual disability.
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Her talent—recognized by double nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes and the Oscars—was then noticed by Sharon Stone. At the time, the actor was named co-producer of the Western Dead or Alive, which he headlined. Fresh off the success of Basic Instinct, he has all the cards in hand to pick his staff.
With Sam Raimi, best known for Evil Dead, as director, as well as New Zealander Russell Crowe, still unknown to the American public, among the cast, Sharon Stone asked the studios to hire Leonardo DiCaprio as Fee. Child” Herod. He is ready to pay even half of the salary from his own pocket.
However, it is difficult to convince the young actor because he chooses his roles sparingly. Deeming the film too commercial, Leonardo DiCaprio turned down the role before changing his mind a day before the deadline.
Sharon Stone later said:I would carry this guy on the set with my back! I knew that he would become one of the best actors of recent decades. His talent, his talent is extraordinary“.
Of course he was right. Barely a year later Dead or aliveLeonardo DiCaprio rose to stardom thanks to Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet.
As for the western genre, the actor returned to it in 2013 with the role of a sadistic landowner in Django Unchained, then in 2016 in The Revenant, where his performance as a fearless trapper thirsty for revenge earned him his first Oscar for Best Actor. of his career.
Dead or alive By Sam Raimi with Sharon Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gene Hackman…
from the age of 10
Tonight on C8 at 9.20pm.
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