Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals Biggest Hollywood Regret: 'It's True'

Leonardo DiCaprioOscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio appears to have it all — including some regrets.The Once Upon A Time In Hollywood star has spent the past three decades curating one of the most impressive filmographies of his generation, working with historic directors such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino.However, he’s still kicking himself over one major misstep, an admission he made during a recent Esquire interview with Paul Thomas Anderson, whose 1997 film Boogie Nights took Hollywood by storm. At the time, Anderson was a 27-year-old wunderkind.“I’ll say it even though you’re here: My biggest regret is not doing Boogie Nights,” the actor revealed. “It was a profound movie of my generation. I can’t imagine anyone but Mark [Wahlberg] in it. When I finally got to see that movie, I just thought it was a masterpiece.He told Anderson: “It’s ironic that you’re the person asking that question, but it’s true.”Leo is promoting his first collaboration with Anderson, One Battle After Another, an action-thriller comedy inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, whih follows a former revolutionary, now past his prime, embarking on a wild quest to find his missing daughter.“Why did it take us so long?” Anderson asked the actor about finally working together.He certainly wanted the star for Boogie Nights, which painted a bleak portrait of the porn industry’s rise in California, but was famously turned down — as DiCaprio already had a prior commitment at the time to star in a film called Titanic.In fact, it was Leo who reportedly urged Anderson to cast Mark Wahlberg, his The Basketball Diaries co-star, in the role.Leonardo DiCaprio and ,Mark Wahlberg co-starred in The Basketball Diaries and The DepartedAnderson did just that, practically transforming the former model and rapper into a respected actor. The role of Dirk Diggler indeed demanded a lot of the lead actor, including scenes of emotional desperation, drug-fuelled paranoia and a whole lot of nudity.This isn’t the first time Leo has rued missing out on Boogie Nights. He first revealed he turned down the project during a 2008 GQ interview with Titanic director James Cameron, who cheekily asked the actor if he would make a different choice “if you could go back”.“I’m not saying I would have,” Leo replied at the time. “But it would have been a different direction, career-wise. I think they’re both great and wish I could have done them both.”MORE FILM NEWS:Jennifer Aniston Says This 1 Film Role Of Hers Was 'Cathartic' After Brad Pitt SplitPirates Of The Caribbean Producer Claims He's Spoken To Johnny Depp About Appearing In Next FilmWeapons Director Reveals Personal Meaning Behind The Film's Dramatic Finale

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