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Leonardo DiCaprio Q&A: Why It Was Worth The Struggle To Toss A Hero Take On ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ To Unlock Dark Truths & Resonant Performances Like Lily Gladstone Breakout Turn
EXCLUSIVE: Since Jack Dawson made him a top global star in Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio has largely avoided straight the hero turn route in favor of shaded, conflicted characters in films from The Re…
Until DiCaprio, Scorsese and De Niro decided it didn’t nearly capture the complicity of law enforcement and the white community that were so indifferent to the plight of the Osage, whose leaders basically bribed J Edgar Hoover’s new division to get involved. It’s laudable to want to make an audience feel something other than deja vu, but how hard was it to overhaul this, from pushing it back years to needing to get Apple to replace the financing, and knowing full well that movies that lost momentum often die. DICAPRIO: We took the chance on it and I’m really glad we did, because we got into the heart and soul of this very bizarre, twisted relationship, which is a symbol in a lot of ways of how incredibly sadistic some of these people were in trying to take advantage of the Osage during that time period.
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