The biggest regret of Leonardo DiCaprio, “is not to have made Boogie Nights”
The actor corrects his mistakes from the past and will finally play in the next Paul Thomas Anderson, a battle after the other, who will be released at the start of the school year.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Paul Thomas Anderson is the story of a failed meeting.
30 years ago, Leo refused Boogie Nights (1997). What he considers today as His greatest career regret. In an interview for Esquirehe says that at the time, he was already committed to Titanicrole which will propel him to the rank of planetary star.
“I’m going to say it: my biggest regret is not to have made Boogie Nights. It was a major film of my generation … A masterpiece. I cannot imagine someone other than Mark (Wahlberg) in it, but when I saw him, I knew that I had missed something”.
Anderson had spotted the young actor after The Basketball Diaries (1995). Refusing the role, DiCaprio had recommended that he consider Mark Wahlberg, his game partner on this film. The continuation belongs to the history of cinema.
Three decades later, the two men finally find themselves on a common project. Paul Thomas Anderson Finally managed Leonardo DiCaprio in One battle after another, which will be released in the cinema in France on September 24.
“Why did it take so much time to work together?”wonders the filmmaker. His actor answers: “I wanted to work with you for twenty years. This personal story, in connection with our time, and this worn man’s character looking for a normal life with his daughter … It told me immediately.”
