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11 unusual facts about Leonardo DiCaprio


Arputha Theevu

Albhutha Dweepu was released in 2005 and the remake rights were sold almost immediately to Hollywood director Ron Howard who was in India at that time.The film stars 300 dwarfs, and all 300 are to enact the same role in Hollywood version of the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Die Bad

That project has Leonardo DiCaprio attached to produce and possibly star through his Appian Way Productions and has Ridley Scott attached to produce through his Scott Free Productions.

Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

A grave marked "J. Dawson" gained fame following the release of the 1997 film Titanic, since the name of Leonardo DiCaprio's character in the film is Jack Dawson.

Hocine Khalfi

The 1954 cover of Boxing and Wrestling Magazine, of which Khalfi graced the cover, was featured in the movie Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Lamar Waldron

This 2008 book (2009 trade paperback even more extensive), Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination, is currently being made into a movie by Warner Brothers, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, slated for release late in 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of JFK's death.

Newhalem, Washington

In the 1993 film version of This Boy's Life, starring Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, the two places are combined and called "Concrete."

Peddocks Island

In 2008, Peddocks Island was used for filming scenes in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Radio and Juliet

The ballet includes the song "Exit Music (For a Film)" from the album OK Computer which was originally created for the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

Ramakkalmedu

The scenic beauty of Ramakkalmedu has attracted thousands of people, including Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Sriwittayapaknam School

Students from the school created a website devoted to the movie of The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio which was filmed nearby.

Yasuní-ITT Initiative

Leonardo DiCaprio and Edward Norton as well as Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are among the many public figures supporting the Ecuadorian government on its historic proposal to conserve biodiversity, protect human rights, and avoid CO2 emissions.


All Saints discography

All Saints returned in February 2000 with the single "Pure Shores", written by Shaznay Lewis and William Orbit for the soundtrack of the film The Beach (starring Leonardo DiCaprio).

Butt Memorial Bridge

This act was passed through the efforts of the Butt Memorial Bridge Legal Defense Fund, Representative Charlie Norwood and actors Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Cliff Dorfman

He also worked as a Hollywood club promoter, appearing in the documentary film Hollywood: Wild in the Streets and in Bret Easton Ellis' 1999 novel Glamorama, in which Dorfman is named as a friend of actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Ellis Amburn

During his career, Amburn was an editor for authors such John le Carré, Belva Plain, Muriel Spark, Joshua Logan and for Jack Kerouac, who would be the subject of Amburn's 1998 book on which Leonardo DiCaprio has optioned film rights.

Foreign celebrity advertising

More recent celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jodie Foster, who generally avoid publicity in the United States, have been known to do large-scale advertising campaigns in Japan and China.

María Jimena Piccolo

During her period at "Chiquititas", Piccolo declared in a magazine interview that her favorite actor is Leonardo DiCaprio, and that if she could, she would ask him to recreate with her a scene from Titanic where he kisses Kate Winslet on the Titanic's bow.

My Boring Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith

In addition, he mentions a humorous encounter Mewes had at a club during the shoot of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, who had recently been cast as Spider-Man.

National Airline History Museum

It also appeared in the 2004 movie The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese, which depicts the early years (late 1920s to the mid-1940s) of legendary film director and aviator Howard Hughes; the film starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale, and Cate Blanchett.

S. Craig Zahler

On June 27, 2013 Warner Bros. acquired the film rights to his upcoming novel Mean Business on North Ganson Street, he'll write the script of the film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx.

Scott Bloom

Scott's movie credits as an actor include roles in Don's Plum (2001) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, John Q (2002) with Denzel Washington and Robert Duvall, and Smokin' Aces (2006) with Ray Liotta, Ryan Reynolds, and Jeremy Piven.

The Devil in the White City

Leonardo DiCaprio purchased the film rights to the book in 2010; the movie is to be produced by Paramount Pictures, Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg's Double Feature Films, and DiCaprio's own production company Appian Way.

The Martin

Some of The Martin's notable residents have included big names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Pamela Anderson.