Leonardo DiCaprio

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q38111: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (27 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Hayao Miyazaki: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · them, directly: Hayao Miyazaki ⇒ Leonardo DiCaprio (the host's read). Miyazaki's planet-degradation themes were a critical influence on DiCaprio becoming an environmental activist.
    “Miyazaki is one of the critical influences on DiCaprio becoming such an aggressive environmental activists”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:19:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Robert De Niro: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · them, directly: Robert De Niro ⇒ Leonardo DiCaprio (the maker said so: a story Leo tells). Leo met De Niro on This Boy's Life, watched every De Niro movie and got hip to Scorsese through them.
    “He met De Niro working on this boy's life and he watched every De Niro movie and he really connected with the De Niro Scorsese movies.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:27:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

  1. theme (rejects persona) · them, directly: Titanic ⇒ Leonardo DiCaprio (the host's read). His broken, dim characters read as a rejection of Jack in Titanic and the matinee-idol image.
    “maybe all of this is a one long rejection of Jack from Titanic”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:27:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013): 1 line

  1. industry (financing / star power) · them, directly: Leonardo DiCaprio ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Leo raised the money and attached Scorsese and the cast, which let an extreme film get made without a studio.
    “the idea that it was DiCaprio, who went out and raised the funds to get this movie made”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:11:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (62) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Brad Pitt → Leonardo DiCaprio. Pitt never aligned with a single auteur the way DiCaprio did.
    “So in the way that Leo said, you know what?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:20:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career kinship): Paul Newman → Leonardo DiCaprio. Leo's careful choice of movies and parts reminds Bill of Newman's.
    “the way Leo just very carefully picks his movies and his parts reminds me of Newman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:49 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. career (career turning point): Leonardo DiCaprio → Titanic. After Titanic Leo made it his mission to work with Scorsese.
    “he made it his mission after Titanic to get Scorsese movies.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:27:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): James Cameron → Leonardo DiCaprio. Cameron helped launch Leo.
    “he helped launch Leo.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:21:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Leonardo DiCaprio → J. Gianoni. Leo's Boston accent coach on the film is named as J. Gianoni.
    “Leo's Boston accent coach was named J. Gianoni.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:29:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (same studio campaign): Leonardo DiCaprio → Blood Diamond. Leo was campaigned for Blood Diamond instead of The Departed because one studio made both.
    “Leo got nominated for Blood Diamond because the same studio did Blood Diamond and the Departed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:08:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. industry (financing / star power): The Wolf of Wall Street → Leonardo DiCaprio. Leo raised the money and attached Scorsese and the cast, which let an extreme film get made without a studio.
    “the idea that it was DiCaprio, who went out and raised the funds to get this movie made”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:11:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (influence): Leonardo DiCaprio → Robert De Niro. Leo met De Niro on This Boy's Life, watched every De Niro movie and got hip to Scorsese through them.
    “He met De Niro working on this boy's life and he watched every De Niro movie and he really connected with the De Niro Scorsese movies.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:27:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (influence): Hayao Miyazaki → Leonardo DiCaprio. Miyazaki's planet-degradation themes were a critical influence on DiCaprio becoming an environmental activist.
    “Miyazaki is one of the critical influences on DiCaprio becoming such an aggressive environmental activists”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:19:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (third collaboration): Martin Scorsese → Leonardo DiCaprio. Leo took the movie seriously partly because this was his third film with Scorsese and his chops were not yet proven.
    “Martin Scorsese directed me for the 3rd time, and I'm having a good career, but I haven't really proven my chops yet.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:13:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (reunion): Leonardo DiCaprio → Robert De Niro. First on-screen pairing since This Boy's Life (1993), with Marvin's Room also a joint credit.
    “since De Niro and Leo appeared on screen together, since this boy's life in 1993.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:06:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (performance): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio is the obvious best leading performance of the summer.
    “Well, I, the obvious one is Leonardo DiCaprio.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:20:28 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (iconic pairing): Leonardo DiCaprio → Robert De Niro. Ryan predicts Rick and Cliff will be tied to Brad and Leo as Michael Corleone is to Pacino and LaMotta to De Niro.
    “we will like associate Rick and Cliff with Brad and Leo the way we do, you know, Michael Corleone with Al Pacino or, you know, like Jake Lamano with Robert De Niro.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:40 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (rejects persona): Leonardo DiCaprio → Titanic. His broken, dim characters read as a rejection of Jack in Titanic and the matinee-idol image.
    “maybe all of this is a one long rejection of Jack from Titanic”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:27:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (dropped out for): Leonardo DiCaprio → The Good Shepherd. Leo left The Good Shepherd to do The Departed, and De Niro turned down Sheen's part to do it.
    “Leo dropped out of the Good Shepherd to do the departed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:29:14 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (unsympathetic subjects): J. Edgar → Leonardo DiCaprio. Leo has played J. Edgar Hoover and other complicated, not-nice figures in American history.
    “he had previously also just played Jager Hoover. He clearly is not afraid of complicated, not nice people in American history.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:28:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (introduced): Spirited Away → Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio introduced Scorsese to Spirited Away.
    “he was like, but, you know, I did put you onto Miyazaki and specifically spirited away.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:19:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (long-running want): Leonardo DiCaprio → Boogie Nights. PTA wanted DiCaprio for Boogie Nights and has been trying to cast him since.
    “PTA wanted Leo for boogie nights.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:08:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

verdict (5)

  1. verdict (favorite performances): Leonardo DiCaprio → The Wolf of Wall Street. This, Wolf and Django are Ryan's three favorite Leo performances, not The Revenant.
    “I would say this Wolf and Django are my 3 favorite Leo performances.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:09:01 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (best performance candidate): Django Unchained → Leonardo DiCaprio. Calvin Candie is offered as one of the great villains of the last 20 years and Leo's bravest turn.
    “As Calvin Candy, one of the great villains from the last 20 years, and he is, he just pulls no punches in that movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:28:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (best performance candidate): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Leonardo DiCaprio. A host argues Once Upon a Time is probably Leo's best performance, citing the Bounty Law trailer breakdown.
    “I could argue that that once upon a time, probably, is his, is his best performance.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:29:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Catch Me If You Can → Leonardo DiCaprio. Catch Me If You Can is Leo at his best but falls apart in the last half hour.
    “It falls apart with about a half hour to go.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:55:49 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Leonardo DiCaprio → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Possibly his favorite DiCaprio performance, near career-best.
    “Maybe my favorite Leonardo DiCaprio performance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:56:54 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: The trailer meltdown was improvised and was Leo's idea, which he brought to Tarantino.
    “It's also all improvised. It's not written. This was all Leo's idea, which he brought to Quentin, and they decided it would be a good idea.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:35:47 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: The flamethrower flashback uses Leo's genuine reaction to the heat; Tarantino kept it.
    “Apparently that was Leo's genuine reaction to using it. It was too hot. And Tarantino thought it was hilarious”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:55 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: Leo owns the Maltese Falcon that Sharon Tate holds in the bookstore and lent it to the film.
    “The Maltese Falcon, which Sharon Tate holds in the bookstore, is now owned by Leo DiCaprio.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: The scene where Leo is killed made the theater gasp like at a sporting event, the Red Wedding of this movie.
    “It's the red wedding of this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:10:58 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: The film was financed independently because no studio would have allowed Leo to blow cocaine out of a prostitute's behind in the first five minutes.
    “I don't think a studio would have allowed for Leo to blow cocaine out of a prostitute's ass in the 1st 5 minutes of the movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:10:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: Leo counted at 18 feature films this century, and One Battle will be his 19th or 20th, which became a counting joke.
    “One battle after another will be either his 19th or 20th feature film this century.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:25:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: The wedding dance to a 60-year-old blues song: a host did not know Leo could dance and loved how loose he is.
    “I had forgotten the dancing at the wedding. I love that.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: Letterboxd conversation: DiCaprio says he put Scorsese onto Spirited Away.
    “And then Scorsese is like, you did.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:19:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)