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mikelogan1975 t1_j1gvbot wrote

Leonardo DeCaprio

I am old enough to remember when he appeared on Growing Pains and I hated him from the start. Going into films, he continued to fail to impress me. What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Romeo + Juliet, Titanic, The Beach - all disastrous. Then, starting with Gangs of New York he became one of my all time favorite movie actors with roles in movies like The Departed, Blood Diamond, Inception, and Django Unchained.

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Liftin-Larry-92 t1_j1gw9sf wrote

Even Leo will admit he was cast for being "cute meat" in his younger years

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Sarkhano t1_j1gxq0b wrote

Yes, but from the start he was good at impersonating drug addicts

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Excolo_Veritas t1_j1i21vx wrote

I came here to say him. I remember being in elementary school when his career started taking off with titanic and some other things. All the girls were swooning over him and even then I remember thinking "he's just a pretty face that's gonna be forgotten". (Yes even in 4th grade I was a bit of a cynical asshole). The turning point for me was catch me if you can. Not the greatest film in the world but damn good IMO and made me actually think he could act. Then moving forward other amazing works like Django, inception, the departed, etc... Just made me realize he really is an amazing actor

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SuikTwoPointOh t1_j1h2gny wrote

Snap. I always thought of him as a pretty boy pin up. Then he stole The Departed from a stacked cast. Since then he has been in some of my favourite movies - Inception, Body of Lies, OUATIH etc.

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Icy_Highlight_2097 t1_j1h4llx wrote

I hated him because all the girls at school had crushes on him and Johnathan tailor Thomas... Departed changed my mind on Leo, but JTT can still go fuck himself for stealing every girl's heart.

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ETH_Knight t1_j1knvz2 wrote

I came to say this. The departed marked the turning point for me

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