OK! Magazine UK – 26 August 2019

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 LEONARDODICAPRIO ONWORKINGWITHQUENTINTARANTINO

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H

ollywood’s most famous ‘nearly’

man Leonardo DiCaprio took four

nominations before finally scooping

his Best Actor Oscar for 2016’s The

Revenant. And with his latest movie Once

Upon A Time In Hollywood

generating similar levels of

awards season buzz, the

44-year-old actor is refreshingly

honest about his hopes of it

bagging him another. ‘I would

by lying if I said I didn’t want

to be recognised for my work,

of course I do,’ he says. But

the star is also realistic. ‘You

have absolutely no control of

it. Actors can talk about their

work as much as they want, but

people are going to respond to

a film and all you can do is wait

and see what happens.’

As two of Tinseltown’s

biggest hitters, it seems

surprising that this is the first

time Leonardo and his co-star

Brad Pitt have worked together,

but he has nothing but good

things to say about his fellow

actor, revealing: ‘Not only is

Brad a terrific actor, but he’s a

professional.’ He also has kind

words for the film’s female lead,

29-year-old Aussie star Margot Robbie, who

he previously starred with in 2014’s The Wolf

Of Wall Street. ‘Everyone who came up to

me after the movie asked: “Who was that

girl? Where did you find her?” I love

working with Margot,’ he says.

Here, the Los Angeles-born

star, who has been dating 22-year-

old model Camila Morrone since

last year, talks about working with

Quentin Tarantino and why he can’t

say no to a new jacket...

How easy is it to get caught up

with the trappings of fame?

It’s important to find a balance. It

can go wrong if you don’t have the

right people around you. When I

was young, I had a period where I

thought I knew everything. Luckily,

a couple of people checked on me

because all of this is an imaginary

world. It’s based on art and your

achievements, which are important,

but we are not changing society

or solving world hunger. My life is

completely different than it was ten or 15

years ago, but I am just grateful to be able

to do what I do.

What is your biggest temptation in life?

I am not really into

big fancy cars or

private planes. I

like art and jackets.

I have too many

jackets. It’s a weird

obsession. It’s like

women with shoes.

What’s the most

expensive thing

you’ve ever

bought?

A house, or a

Warhol. I bought

one house for my

mum very early

on – and then I got

her another one.

That was the most

expensive one.

What was it like

to work with

Brad Pitt in Once

Upon A Time In

Hollywood?

There was an incredible ease and comfort

getting to work alongside Brad. We got

started around the same time, so there

was a familiarity there. Not only is Brad a

terrific actor, but he’s a professional. I feel

like we forged together – hopefully – a great

cinematic bond in the film.

And how about with Quentin Tarantino?

Quentin has a very unique process. There are

few people in this world who have a collective

knowledge about not only cinematic history,

but also music and television. It’s almost like

tapping into a computer database because

the wealth of knowledge is unfathomable

• and it just keeps coming and coming. In
  a way, I really feel like this movie is his love
  story to his industry. At the helm of it, he’s put
  two characters who are outsiders. The ‘60s
  have come along and this industry has passed
  them by. I’ve definitely felt like an outsider in
  the industry at one time or another.

What are your favourite movies?

My favourite movies ever? I would have to

put them into categories – 2001: A Space

Odyssey is my favourite science-fiction film.

My favourite independent movie is Taxi

Driver and my favourite foreign film is Bicycle

Thieves. My favourite drama? Oh boy, that’s

too hard. There are too many! Maybe East

Of Eden. And comedy... Geez! When Harry

Met Sally. I don’t know why I love that movie

so much, but I do.

You and Margot Robbie also appeared in

The Wolf Of Wall Street together. What

makes her so special?

When Margot walked into the audition

room [for The Wolf Of Wall Street], she was

prepared and was already doing

the accent. She was just head and

shoulders above the rest as far as

her work ethic was concerned. We

felt like we really found somebody

special – she came in and she

really blew us away. I think there

was this really great chemistry

on screen between us, too. We

felt like we had found somebody

incredibly fresh and convincing.

Everyone who came up to me

after the movie asked: ‘Who was

that girl? Where did you find

her?’ When I told them she was

Australian, they were blown away.

I love working with Margot.

‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD’ IS OUT NOW.

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INTERVIEW BY ALAN TANNER

EDITED BY CLARE FISHER

PHOTOGRAPHS BY AKG-IMAGES, GOFFPHOTOS.COM

Leonardo and his

girlfriend Camila

Morrone in Corsica

earlier this month

‘There was this really great

chemistry on screen between us,’

Leonardo says of his The Wolf Of

Wall Street co-star Margot Robbie