Leonardo di Caprio!
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio DiCaprioLeonardo Wilhelm (Los Angeles, November 11, 1974) is an American film producer and actor of German and Italian [1] [2]. He came to worldwide fame in the late nineties due to its role in the movie Titanic, and lately has mainly worked with Martin Scorsese, with whom he made a great professional association since 2002.
[Edit] BiografiaLeonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles on November 11, 1974. His father, George DiCaprio, is a writer, designer and distributor of American comics son of an Italian immigrant from Naples and the original Bavarian German immigrant and his mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, is a German subsidiary of a German secretary and a woman of Russian immigrants to Germany as a young man. An only child, DiCaprio received a Catholic education. [1] [2] Her first name is linked to a story: the mother was in Italy and was admiring a painting by Leonardo da Vinci exhibited at the Uffizi, the child still in his lap, he kicked exactly at that time [3].
[Edit] CarrieraFu now famous as an actor and with knowledge of his father George DiCaprio enters the world of show participation in public and acting in various TV series and films such as Growing Pains. At the same time he graduated from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, comforted by the constant presence of parents who, though separated for years, keeping a good friendship between them.
Dates back to 1990, a cameo on the soap opera Santa Barbara, where he played in flashbacks by the role of Mason Capwell boy.
The first film role was in 1991 with the participation of the b-movie Critters 3. In the meantime, found an agent in Hollywood, refuses the advice from these to change his name to Lenny Williams.
In 1993 participates in the audition for Boy's Life (This Boy's Life), for the role of a boy alongside Robert De Niro in the respective roles of stepfather and stepson. Both the director, the Scot Michael Caton-Jones, De Niro appreciate the rebellious spirit and the absolute lack of awe towards the most well-sailed actor [citation needed] and gets the part. The film, in theaters output is appreciated by the critics. [Citation needed]
That same year, DiCaprio plays the role of a handicapped boy in the film by Lasse Hallström's Eating Gilbert Grape (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Lewis, for which he gets the nomination for a Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Actor Role.
Sharon Stone, as the producer and main actor of westerns Quick and the Dead (The Quick And The Dead) calls him to play a part in this film. Despite the cast of celebrities (in addition to Stone and DiCaprio, Gene Hackman and Russell Crowe and directed by Sam Raimi), the film reveals a failure in terms of box office [4] and critics. [Citation needed]
In 1995, interprets the life of Jim Carroll in the film The Basketball Diaries (The Basketball Diaries), directed by Agnieszka Holland, and the troubled existence of Arthur Rimbaud (River Phoenix inherited the role following his untimely death) in Poets from 'Hell (Total Eclipse), centering the story on the homosexual relationship between a young little more than the most mature teenager and Paul Verlaine, played by British actor David Thewlis. Critics welcome coldly two films, directing and criticizing film adaptation. [Citation needed]
In 1996 he took part in Romeo + Juliet (William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet) by Australian Baz Luhrmann, in which the drama of the famous English writer is revisited in a modern but unchanged in the dialogues and content as well as the classical author had conceived. This film received 3 nominations at the MTV Movie Awards and was awarded at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Actor. The director ideally placed a laurel wreath on the head of DiCaprio, arguing that not only was a great Romeo, but it is the living symbol of his generation. [Citation needed]
In the same year he received the part for Marvin's Room (Marvin's Room) alongside Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton (both Oscar nominated), with Robert De Niro, producer of the film here but even with a small cameo.
[Edit] TitanicCon a budget estimated at $ 200 million, James Cameron, the director of movie blockbusters like Aliens, True Lies and Terminator 2 - Judgement Day, is preparing to shoot the film version of the tragedy of the transatlantic RMS Titanic. Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow are dropped, [citation needed], Sharon Stone refused the part, [citation needed]. DiCaprio agreed to play the male lead, Jack Dawson, along with Kate Winslet, the female lead, known to the public for its participation in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. Titanic was released in 1997, today is the second highest grossing film and the most Oscars ever made, just like Ben Hur and The Return of the King [5].
Even before the release of Titanic, DiCaprio was in Paris for the filming of period film The Iron Mask (The Man In The Iron Mask), with Gabriel Byrne, John Malkovich, Jeremy Irons, Gerard Depardieu, Anne Parillaud, for directed by Randall Wallace, former writer of Braveheart.
In 1998, DiCaprio join one of the episodes of Woody Allen's Celebrity, which tells, through the adventures of a journalist (Kenneth Branagh), as the fame and success can change and ruin people's lives. Together with him, Melanie Griffith, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna. The same year he won the Razzie Awards for worst movie couples to the dual interpretation of the Sun King and his twin brother.
In 1999, DiCaprio is dedicated to travel, especially in South America. He decided to commit themselves to safeguarding the environment, has made documentaries that explain the emergency of the earth. He opened his own Internet website where ample space is dedicated to the environment and animals in danger of extinction; participates in global conferences on water supply ever more scarce and the risk of desertification and deforestation wild, then meets U.S. President Bill Clinton, which discusses the themes of environmentalism. Time magazine devotes a cover.
[Edit] After 2000
2000Il DiCaprio in 2000 marks the comeback of the actor, who agreed to appear in a film of the controversial British director Danny Boyle, who became famous thanks to Trainspotting. The film is the film adaptation of Alex Garland's novel The Beach, best-seller in the UK, especially among the young audience. DiCaprio is actively involved in making of the film, also writer and author of improvising a scene in which Richard, his character, a prey to megalomania, is represented as the protagonist in the running of a video game. As usual, DiCaprio is followed by their friends and reconnect with his ex-girlfriend official, model Kristen Zang. It appears that the contract has also covered the travel expenses of Friends DiCaprio, as if they were part of the working group, [citation needed] two of them they come in to play alongside the star. For this film was nominated for a Razzie Award, Worst Actor category.
Environmentalists move wild accusations at the crew, guilty of having devastated the island in order to better adapt to the needs of the natural scenery production, in particular, have uprooted palm trees and failing to meet the local ecosystem. DiCaprio gets to be received by the competent authority, promising a total respect of the place, the recovery of what was believed lost and a return to the island image is not indifferent. Protests subside and the film is completed, but it is critical that the public rejected the film [6] [7]. With the assignment by the Fox, the actor earned 20 million dollars and Phi Phi Island becomes a tourist destination among the most popular travel agencies around the world. [Citation needed]
[Edit] Gangs of New York and ScorseseSuccessivamente says starring in Martin Scorsese's film based on the novel by Herbert Asbury The Gangs of New York, along with Cameron Diaz. Birth of a collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio. The U.S. box office records a collection of more than 70 million dollars, the highest by far among the Italian-American film director (at least until 2006, year of release of The Departed) [8]. The movie comes out in time to compete in the annual allocation of the Oscars. Get ten nomination but not win even one award.
DiCaprio on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival with Martin Scorsese and Cameron Diaz for the movie Gangs of New York [edit] Try prendermiTerminate filming Gangs of New York says DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg's Catch, which has thirty-five different locations . The story is the real Frank Abagnale, a sixteen year old who manages to cheat the state millions of dollars and end up on this list of most wanted criminals by the FBI of all time. Initially, the choice falls on the director Gore Verbinski (director of The Ring) and for the role of co-star James Gandolfini, Tom Hanks finally accepts the role of co-star instead of Gandolfini, and Spielberg himself decided to direct the film. The film opens in theaters during the Christmas period, a short distance from the debut of Gangs of New York, so that DiCaprio is competing for the leadership at the box office to himself. In fact it is nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor Comedy / Musical for his role in Catch Me (Catch Me If You Can) and as a dramatic actor in "Gangs of New York. In the United States tries to take far exceeds the threshold of 160 million dollars compared to fifty-five took for its completion. Critics praise the film [9].
[Edit] The Aviator and the association artisticoLa renewed collaboration with Martin Scorsese's The Aviator in 2005 when it exits. The film belongs to the category of biopic. Leonardo DiCaprio is the main producer and performer, with her home production company, Appian Way. Its role is to Howard Hughes, Texas millionaire, a pioneer in the field of aviation and great moguls of the cinema world. Scorsese, for the construction of sets and interiors, the couple relies on Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo. Along with DiCaprio as a producer while also Michael Mann (Miramax). Instead of Nicole Kidman, originally a candidate for the role of Katharine Hepburn, Cate Blanchett is chosen, while the other women of Hughes, Ava Gardner and Jean Harlow, respectively, are interpreted by Kate Beckinsale and Gwen Stefani, the latter in his first as an actress. For a few minutes, Jude Law, lends his face to the revival of Errol Flynn. The film is the favorite in the Oscar race, eleven-strong nomination and a flush and the United States alone of nearly 110 million dollars. The Aviator gets five statuettes, including one for best scenery and best supporting actress. DiCaprio was nominated for Best Actor, after winning the Golden Globe for best dramatic actor.
[Edit] The Departed and other projects
2008The DiCaprio in Scorsese's artistic partnership / further DiCaprio is renewed in 2006 with the film's Italian-American filmmaker "The Departed. The subject was inspired by the movie Infernal Affairs by the success of which they were born a prequel and a sequel. The set is being rebuilt in New York, Boston and the budget of Warner Bros is about ninety million dollars [10] [11]. Instead of Robert De Niro once again the first choice, but gives up, was hired Jack Nicholson. Matt Damon at his side. Released in the U.S. October 6, 2006, in less than a month breaks through the threshold of one hundred million box office [12]. In Italy, The Departed is the most acclaimed film of the first edition of the Rome Film Festival, and presented to the press and public from the same Scorsese and DiCaprio, he receives standing ovations [13]. In Rome DiCaprio agrees to submit in a suburban theater (theater Tor Bella Monaca) two documentaries he has made about the environment. The Departed gets six Golden Globe nominations, including one for best dramatic actor DiCaprio. The film won four Oscars, including best director (the first Oscar for Scorsese) and Best Picture. Still no prize for DiCaprio, who is part of the Oscar shortlist for Best Actor for Blood Diamond, a film of complaint to large multinationals and illegal trade in diamonds and deadly of these. It is instead getting the consolation prize IOMA for Best Actor in The Departed.
Leonardo DiCaprio Cannes Film Festival presents a documentary he wrote and produced The 11th Hour - The eleventh hour. Here, take part in the great global Live Earth event promoted by Al Gore to raise money for the preservation of the earth, where the most famous singers have been meeting in various cities on the planet.
DiCaprio has starred in the movie drama Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes, based on the novel by Richard Yates. The female protagonist is Kate Winslet, director's wife, Kathy Bates also stars. The actors for his roles have received rave reviews.
In Jordan, Iraq and UAE has starred in Body of Lies, a project entrusted to Ridley Scott, which sees DiCaprio in the role of a CIA agent involved to find a Middle Eastern terrorist who is hiding in Jordan. Alongside the young actor, Russell Crowe, Scott led the same Oscar with Gladiator.
[Edit] 2010 2010Nel out Shutter Island, psychological thriller, based on the work of Dennis Lehane. The director is Martin Scorsese who works with Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for the set design and interior design, Sandy Powell for costume design, Thelma Schoonmaker (Oscar winner for The Departed) for the installation. The cast, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo, Max Von Sydow. For this film received the award for Best Actor Awards IOMA 2010 May 9, 2010.
Inception of the British director Christopher Nolan, was released in July 2010 (September 24 in Italy) and get great success. [14]
[Edit] Projects futuriJ. Edgar, will be his next job, a biopic directed by Clint Eastwood on the life of J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director's first issue. Among the projects announced, Freedom Within The Heart, historical film about the exploits of Brian Boru, the Irish king at the turn of the twentieth century and the year one thousand, and Akira, manga Japanese cult, the leader of a gang of bikers looking for save friends from a series of experiments of nature supernatural. Still in production project The Chancellor Manuscript and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, while the creation of Blink has been permanently deleted.
[Edit] Life personaleÈ was engaged to Kristen Zang, Amber Valletta, Helena Christensen, Alexandra Gay, Eva Herzigova, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Gisele Bundchen. He is currently romantically linked with Bar Rafaeli.
DiCaprio is suing Playgirl magazine in July 1998 for publishing the photos depicting the nude.
It supports the U.S. Democratic Party in the elections of 2004 and attended the John Kerry campaign. [15]
