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The director first heard of DiCaprio in the 1993 film 'This Boy’s Life.' It also starred Robert De Niro, who told Scorsese about the young actor’s potential.
'Gangs of New York' had been in production for around 25 years. DiCaprio wanted to work with the director, and knew that Scorsese wanted to finish the film once and for all.
DiCaprio and Scorsese first worked together on 2002's 'Gangs of New York.'
“I had always shied away from the Howard Hughes story,” Scorsese said. “Spielberg wanted to make it [...] But this was the story of Howard Hughes I hadn’t seen.”
Scorsese felt burnt out after these two epic films. “I had had it with 'The Aviator,' in a good way, because I made a spectacle. I just wanted to do a street war,” he said. So in comes 'The Departed.'
In addition to 2023's 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' DiCaprio is also set to star in Scorsese's 'Roosevelt,' about President Theodore Roosevelt, and 'The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder' (also based on a book by David Grann).
“It’s about the American dream and the corruption of that dream [...] Putting this culture up on screen is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time,” DiCaprio described.
“It was an incredible undertaking,” DiCaprio said. In the film, he played the son of a gang member, who returns to New York to avenge his father’s death.
“It was a film that didn’t give a damn about anything,” Scorsese said. DiCaprio called the film “the pinnacle of something you’d get offered” as an actor.
Cinema has seen some iconic duos throughout history. Specifically, there have been many actor-director duos that have won the world over with their incredible work. From Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, to Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, Hollywood has always benefited from a good actor-director duo. Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese may be one of the best out there.
Their long working relationship has produced hits like 'The Aviator' (2004) and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013). The latest film they've worked on together, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (2023), is based on the hit book of the same name by David Grann, which follows a series of real-life murders that occurred during the 1920s in Osage County, Oklahoma.
Check out this gallery to explore how DiCaprio and Scorsese became a historical Hollywood duo.
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Cinema has seen some iconic duos throughout history. Specifically, there have been many actor-director duos that have won the world over with their incredible work. From Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, to Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, Hollywood has always benefited from a good actor-director duo. Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese may be one of the best out there.
Their long working relationship has produced hits like 'The Aviator' (2004) and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013). The latest film they've worked on together, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (2023), is based on the hit book of the same name by David Grann, which follows a series of real-life murders that occurred during the 1920s in Osage County, Oklahoma.
Check out this gallery to explore how DiCaprio and Scorsese became a historical Hollywood duo.