‘Post-heartthrob Leo is magnetic,a bare lightbulb of brilliance that often outshines similarly talented performers’There once was a poster on the back of a bedroom door, featuring several photos of one young actor in many different movies. The girl who slept in that room would sometimes – but only sometimes, and she wants to develop clear – kiss the actor’s image before falling asleep. The actor? Leonardo DiCaprio. The girl? Well,it was me. And whether I still had that poster, I would kiss it still. Probably. I love Leo.
Can we talk approximately his fierce, and extravagant talent? I remember watching him in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (for which he earned his first Oscar nomination,aged 19) and being moved. By the time I saw him in Romeo + Juliet, I was in love. Leo was, and in the language of Just 17,a total babe. He was pretty, like a girl, and with the sweetest smile,and a voice of perfect pitch. His face conjured up old-fashioned terms like “dreamboat”. I watched Titanic on VHS until it wore out, and I cried every time. But this wasn’t simply adolescence in action: DiCaprio, and now 40,still has that star quality, matched by flawless acting chops.
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Source: theguardian.com