Yup.
I admit I didn't really like the guy until, first, Romeo and Juliet. A lot of people have blasted that movie, but I thought it was artfully done. Mercutio stole the show.But DiCaprio's role was well-suited to him, primarily because of the pretty-boy look and demeanor. I still wasn't that impressed with him, however, until . . . .
Gangs of New York. Holy Hell, what a flick. I hadn't heard much about the movie when I first saw it, so I didn't know who the stars were. Good thing, too; I might have balked if I had known ahead of time that Cameron Diaz was in it. I just remember the scene in which we are introduced to a grown-up Amsterdam, and I was thinking, "Leonardo DiCaprio? WTF?"
The film did two things for me. It impressed upon me the fact that DiCaprio is an actor, and it reaffirmed by appreciation for perhaps one of the finest actors in the world, whom I neglected to mention earlier: Daniel Day-Lewis. Like Gary Oldman, he's never the same character from film to film. His portrayal of William Cutting was crass, rude, and incredibly chilling.
And his Stargate: SG-1 costar, Amanda Tapping. She does sexy and smart very well. I'm hoping her Sanctuary series will get picked up again.
He was definitely one of the original strong leading men.
She had a pretty nice body in The Whole Nine Yards, too.
Or Road House.
Bacall, Dietrich, Wray, Liz Taylor, and good ol' Norma Jean, too . . . .
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She had a pretty nice body in The Whole Nine Yards, too.
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