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It\u2019s been a long time since Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a> auditioned for a movie, which might be for the best, since one of the last times he put himself forward for a part, the result was pure shame and embarrassment.<\/p>\n When you\u2019ve been as big a star for as long as he has, and you\u2019ve got a track record of box office and awards season success as he has, the roles come to you, and not the other way around. DiCaprio will most likely never have to read lines again before he\u2019s cast, but there\u2019s one genre you\u2019ll never find him.<\/p>\n So far, it\u2019s become clear that there are certain things the Academy Award winner won\u2019t do. Michael Mann\u2019s Heat 2 looks set to end his avoidance of sequels, but he\u2019s still never played the same part twice. Christopher Nolan\u2019s Inception is his only big-budget, action-packed blockbuster, but apart from that, running and gunning in an expensive crowd-pleaser is another notable absentee.<\/p>\n Superheroes speak for themselves, and he passed that advice on to Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, which is a little ironic when DiCaprio was considered to play Spider-Man back in the day, and Chalamet auditioned to play Peter Parker<\/a> before Tom Holland was cast a decade ago, but musicals? No chance.<\/p>\n Along with the romantic comedy, which the star has admitted he isn\u2019t against the idea of trying<\/a> at least once, DiCaprio has never felt the need to burst into song onscreen. He could have done, though, only for his rendition of a 1972 Bill Withers classic to convince his Romeo + Juliet director, Baz Luhrmann, that he\u2019d be better off looking elsewhere to find his Christian for Moulin Rouge!<\/p>\n \u201cTo be honest, I\u2019m not really prepared to do a musical, simply because I think I have a pretty atrocious voice,\u201d he acknowledged. \u201cBut we had a friendly thing, where it was me and him and a piano player, and we tried to sing a song together. It didn\u2019t go too well. I think it was \u2018Lean on Me.’\u201d<\/p>\n DiCaprio doesn\u2019t look like he can sing, and sure enough, he couldn\u2019t carry a tune to save his life. When the time came to hit the song\u2019s highest note, Luhrmann immediately realised he\u2019d reached a dead-end. \u201cHe just turned to me,\u201d his former Romeo recalled. \u201c\u2018Yes, D, I don\u2019t know if this conversation should continue.’\u201d<\/p>\n Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/p>\n Now that he was out of the running, the floor was opened up to virtually every other young or up-and-coming leading man in the business. Ethan Hawke claims that he gave the best audition of his life<\/a> for Moulin Rogue!, but not good enough to get him the role, clearly, with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal also throwing their hats into the ring.<\/p>\n Of course, it was Ewan McGregor who got the nod, with his pipes and chemistry with Nicole Kidman propelling the picture to big bucks at the box office and eight Oscar nominations, including \u2018Best Picture\u2019, where it claimed two prizes for its art direction and costume design. Sadly, no footage exists of DiCaprio butchering \u2018Lean on Me\u2019, which he\u2019s no doubt thrilled about.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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