DiCaprio hates it when he is compared to this actor (and you can understand)

Nowadays Leonardo DiCaprio is in his own weight category: he has an Oscar, religious roles, an army of fans and almost thirty years he remains one of the most important stars of Hollywood. But in the 90s everything was not that easy. Then he just started, and the press constantly tried to attribute him to him the ‘heritage’ of someone other predecessors or peers. Especially often he was put on the same footing with River Phoenix.

It was this comparison of DiCaprio that picked up.

Once in an interview with Movieline Magazine, the actor was informed that the Hollywood was talking: “You are the New River Phoenix.” The reaction was immediately – and sharp negative.

“If it means I have problems, then this is full of nonsense,” DiCaprio replied sharply.

The problem did not go alone with rumors. DiCaprio respected Phoenix as an actor and as a person – he spoke about it himself. But it was important for him to show that he was going in his own way.

“I think we are different with him. I hope they will consider me unique as someone. To respect what I do,” he said in the same interview.

And this is exactly what he has achieved. But in the 90s, when DiCaprio and his party friends, Toby Maguire and Mark Walberg, also went to the same castings and fell into the same photo selection, it was impossible to avoid comparisons.

Vooral nadat Leo de eerste nominatie voor een Oscar had ontvangen voor “Wat Gilbert -druiven staarde en een idool van adolescenten werd na Romeo + Juliet. En toen gebeurde de Titanic – en een compleet ander leven begon. Sindsdien is DiCaprio doelbewust het beeld van de” ster “, de voorkeur geven aan” Smart “Smart” Smart “-role, complexe directeur en lange pauzes tussen projecten. En voor deze respecteert hem Today.