Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed an intriguing detail about one of his most iconic films: he has never actually seen ‘Titanic’.
In a recent conversation with actress Jennifer Lawrence, who starred with him in 2021’s ‘Don’t Look Up’, the topic came up. Lawrence, 35, inquired whether DiCaprio had revisited ‘Titanic’. He responded, “No. I haven’t seen it before?” Lawrence encouraged him, saying, “Oh, you should. I bet you could watch it now, it’s so good.”
DiCaprio then shared his view on watching his films, asking, “I don’t really watch my films, do you?” To which she replied, “No,” adding humorously, “I’ve never made something like ‘Titanic’; if I did, I would watch it. Once, I was really drunk, I put on American Hustle. I was like, ‘I wonder if I’m good at acting?’ I put it on, and I don’t remember what the answer is.”
Reflecting on his viewing habits, DiCaprio mentioned in a conversation with director Paul Thomas Anderson that he seldom watches his own projects. In an interview with ‘Esquire’ magazine, he explained, “I rarely watch any of my films, but if I’m being honest, there’s one that I have watched more than others. It’s ‘The Aviator’. That’s simply because it was such a special moment to me. I had worked with Marty (Scorsese) on Gangs of New York, and I’d been toting around a book on Howard Hughes for 10 years.”
He emphasized the importance of that film in his career, saying, “By the time I got that movie made, I was 30. It was the first time as an actor I got to feel implicitly part of the production, rather than just an actor hired to play a role.”
“I felt responsible in a whole new way. I’ve always felt proud and connected to that film as such a key part of my growing up in this industry and taking on a role of a real collaborator for the first time,” he added.