Leonardo DiCaprio has an impressive Hollywood back catalogue spanning over 30 years.
Yet there’s only one of his movies that the Oscar-winner will rewatch much more than others.
And it turns out it’s The Aviator, Martin Scorsese’s 2004 biopic of Howard Hughes, the reclusive billionaire who suffered from severe OCD.
Leo starred in the title role opposite Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn. They were both nominated for Oscars, with the leading lady winning for her part.
The 50-year-old Hollywood star explained: “I rarely watch any of my films, but if I’m being honest, there’s one that I have watched more than others. It’s The Aviator.”
Speaking with Paul Thomas Anderson, the director of his latest film One Battle After Another, for Esquire, Leo divulged: “That’s simply because it was such a special moment to me. I had worked with Marty [Scorsese] on Gangs of New York, and I’d been toting around a book on Howard Hughes for ten years. I almost did it with Michael Mann, but there was a conflict and I ended up bringing it to Marty. I was thirty. It was the first time as an actor I got to feel implicitly part of the production, rather than just an actor hired to play a role. I felt responsible in a whole new way. I’ve always felt proud and connected to that film as such a key part of my growing up in this industry and taking on a role of a real collaborator for the first time.”
