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jankyeyes OP t1_jdz0s4h wrote

Reply to comment by cbbuntz in Leonardo DiCaprio has only worked with 3 directors more than once: Baz Luhrmann (2x), Quentin Tarantino (2x), Martin Scorsese (6x). by jankyeyes

That was his credo after Titanic, I believe. To only work with A list directors.

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BeginningAppeal8599 t1_jdz6gja wrote

I thought he got very vocal about changing his characters in the 2000s but I recently heard Cameron say he brought his dad in and they wanted to add some ideas to the character and story.

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RemoteDiscount7439 t1_jdzq2dz wrote

> about changing his characters in the 2000s

I agree but it's kinda funny that he plays a guy whose wife has a mental breakdown and he is troubled by her death, being the main plot point in two movies, both of which came out in 2010.

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immaownyou t1_je0u7sn wrote

Sure, but his characters in Shutter Island and Inception are different

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RemoteDiscount7439 t1_je0vvyz wrote

Agreed, but it's uncanny how similar the two movies are.

Leo hallucinates about his wife and children in both, both movies have major and important sequences in heavy rainfall and snow, and at the end, in both movies it is revealed that >! Leo's characters actions was what had led to the death of their wives- planting an idea or murder out of rage !<

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BeginningAppeal8599 t1_jdzs9i9 wrote

Very interesting. You'd think that's the one thing he'd have told Nolan to consider changing when he made him go rewrite for 6 months.

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rockhopper4753 t1_je05jwz wrote

That’s what all the top tier actors end up caring about, to a large extent. Who is directing.

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Timmace t1_jdzwbpy wrote

>To only work with A list directors.

And Schwartz from a Christmas Story.

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Now_Wait-4-Last_Year t1_je1ma3n wrote

There's a lot of good and probably even great directors who are not considered A-List. There's also some considered A-List who are a bit whiffy, I'm sure.

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