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40 Things You Should Know About Leonardo DiCaprio
- His Full Name Is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
- He is named after the artist Leonardo Da Vinci, because his pregnant mother was standing in front of a Da Vinci painting the first time she felt him kick.
- At the young age of 10, Leonardo was advised to change his name to "something more friendly and American" such as Lenny Williams. He refused to change his name!
4. His 1994 Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape landed Leo the spot of 7th youngest actor to ever be nominated - at age 19.
5.Before he signed on to star in James Cameron's Titanic, he admitted that he was hesitant at first since this wasn't the kind of film he had told himself he wanted to make.
6. He attended the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies before attending Marshall High.
7. He was considered for the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man, the role went to his childhood friend Tobey Maguire.
8. Leo dated Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen between 2002-2005.
9. Despite being such a talented actor, he has never won an Academy Award. He has been nominated five times for Best Supporting Actor for What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Best Actor for The Aviator, Blood Diamond and The Wolf of Wall Street.He also was nominated as producer for The Wolf of Wall Street.
Leo Does Not Need An Oscar, But The Oscar Needs Leo.
10. He has dated a string of models including Naomi Campbell (1995), Helena Christensen (1997), Bijou Phillips (1998), Amber Valletta (1998), Eva Herzigova (1998), Bar Rafaeli (2005-09) & (2010-11), Anne Vyalitsyna (2009), Madalina Ghenea (2011), Erin Heatherton (2011-12) and Toni Garrn (2013-present).
11. He almost died in a skydiving accident when his parachute wouldn’t open. Luckily an instructor swooped in and saved him.
12. His father was a comic book dealer.
13. He survived a shark attack.
14. He can speak fluent German.
15. In 2011, he bought a Salvador Dali painting for $1.2 million. At that same auction he was bidding on Picassos but apparently really wanted the Dali.
16. DiCaprio's net worth is $220 million.
17. Leo plans to turn the island into an eco-friendly resort.
18. Christian Bale lost out to Leo for roles in Who’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Titanic.
19. In 2010, he donated another $1 million to saving tigers.
20. Leo was offered the role of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho but didn’t take it because all of his fans were teenage girls at the time.
21. In 2009, Leo and Kate Winslet helped pay nursing home fees for the last living Titanic survivor so she wouldn’t have to sell her mementos.
22. In 2014, Leo’s foundation gave $3 million to saving ocean wildlife.
23. He didn’t move out of his mom’s until he was 23 and used to live in Hollywood and Western.
24.He was part of a group of partiers called the “Pussy Posse,” which included Tobey Maguire and David Blaine in the ‘90s.
25. He sells his own special blend of directly sourced, sustainable coffee. All proceeds go to saving endangered jaguars.
26. He was injured in a movie and it still made the final cut.
In Django Unchained, Leo accidentally cut his hand when he slammed it on a table. Without breaking character or hesitating, he used it in the scene, wiping the blood over Kerry Washington’s face to make for an even more terrifying and memorable moment. You never questioned that he is good, but did you know that he is THIS good?
27. His favorite drink is lemonade.
28. He owns an island off the coast of Belize.
29. His breakout role was in "Critters 3" (1991), a horror film.
30. He's an only child.
31. In 2004, he revealed in an interview with Katie Couric that he has had obsessive-compulsive disorder since he was a child.
32. He is an environmentalist who is in particularly concerned with global warming.
33. Leo told "Access Hollywood" that reality shows are his guilty pleasure.
34. Leo's favorite director is Martin Scorsese.
35. Leo's fear is talking in front of a large group of people.
36. His first major film role was in 1993's "This Boy's Life," alongside Robert De Niro.
37. His mother, Irmelin, is German. His father, George DiCaprio, is Italian.
38. Leonardo DiCaprio was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
39. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the the reasons why I fell in the Entertainment Field.
40. The King Of Hollywood.
