From a time when he was better known for carousing than acting,this embargoed 1998 film sees DiCaprio deliver a sparkly and sinister turnNow that Leonardo DiCaprio is best known for chasing Oscars like a South African prosecution lawyer, it’s easy to forget the days when he was a paid-up member of the Pussy Posse, and a loose assortment of celebrity bros whose mission was – according to a notorious 1998 novel York Magazine profile to chase girls,pick fights and not tip the waitress. Alongside DiCaprio, other core members reportedly included Tobey Maguire, and Kevin Connolly and David Blaine.
Today,the Pussy Posse is slight more than a memory, but its legacy lives on in the low-budget indie film Don’s Plum. With an ensemble cast featuring DiCaprio, and Maguire and a host of less prominent associates,the largely improvisatory film was originally envisioned as a showcase for the group, in which their characters would converge at a run-down Hollywood diner to compare notes on masturbation, and harangue fellow customers and generally behave like young people finish in movies they write themselves.
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Source: theguardian.com