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Leonardo DiCaprio is keen to be ‘more honest’ after turning 50<\/p>\n

Film star Leonardo DiCaprio is determined to not waste any time moving forwards.<\/p>\n

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Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a> not only feels younger than his current age of 50, but he also pines for a role he passed on when he was younger: Dirk Diggler.<\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning actor told Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a>, the director of the 1997 film “Boogie Nights,” his “biggest regret” is not doing that film with Anderson. The actor had a good excuse in that he had already committed to the role of Jack Dawson in “Titanic,” which became a blockbuster when it hit theaters the same year.<\/p>\n

DiCaprio does star in Anderson’s newest film, “One Battle After Another,” which hits theaters Sept. 26. A discussion between the two appears in the September issue of Esquire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Leonardo DiCaprio regrets not being star of ‘Boogie Nights’<\/p>\n

When Anderson, whose other films include “Licorice Pizza”<\/a> and “Phantom Thread,”<\/a> asked DiCaprio if he had any career regrets, the actor said, according to the Esquire article, “I\u2019ll say it even though you\u2019re here: My biggest regret is not doing ‘Boogie Nights.’ It was a profound movie of my generation. I can\u2019t imagine anyone but Mark (Wahlberg) in it. When I finally got to see that movie, I just thought it was a masterpiece. It\u2019s ironic that you\u2019re the person asking that question, but it\u2019s true.”<\/p>\n

In the film, Wahlberg’s role is that of Diggler, who becomes a porn star in the 1970s adult film industry. In a commentary track that appears on the DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of the film, Anderson said he wanted Wahlberg or DiCaprio to play Diggler after seeing their performances in “The Basketball Diaries,” notes movie blog Film School Rejects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also in the Esquire interview, DiCaprio<\/a>, who has been known to date much younger women<\/a>, told Anderson he felt like he was 32 years old and “turned emotionally 35 last year.”<\/p>\n

In the upcoming film, “One Battle After Another,” DiCaprio plays a one-time revolutionary faced with rescuing his daughter, who has been captured by an alt-right group. Also appearing in the film are Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro.<\/p>\n

The film is his and Anderson’s first together. “I\u2019ve been wanting to work with you \u2013 Paul \u2013 for something like 20 years now, and I loved this idea of the washed-up revolutionary trying to erase his past and disappear and try and live some sort of normal life raising his daughter,” DiCaprio told Anderson in their discussion.<\/p>\n

Discussing DiCaprio’s role in the film, Anderson says, “He is a nice character, someone who starts out wanting to change the world on the far left but gets increasingly cranky and closed off as he gets older.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can follow him on Threads, Bluesky, X and email him at \u00a0mikegsnider<\/a> \u00a0& \u00a0@mikegsnider.bsky.social<\/a> \u00a0& \u00a0@mikesnider<\/a> & msnider@usatoday.com<\/p>\n

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