Leonardo DiCaprio is extremely selective about the directors he works with.
The 38-year-old Academy-Award nominated actor portrays brutal slave owner Calvin Candie in director Quentin Tarantino’s historical drama Django Unchained.
Leonardo chose this part because he trusts that Quentin would depict the plot in a poignant fashion.
'The guy [I’m playing] is a self-indulgent, racist bastard,' Leonardo told USA Today.
'[It’s] all-out corrupt. Calvin represents the moral decay of a corrupt South then. You have to be careful who you trust that power with. I've seen good material go to the wrong filmmaker, and it never captures what you believed the story was supposed to be.'
Leonardo shot to fame in 1997’s Titanic, but made his television debut at the age of 16 in 1990.
The thespian often contacts directors directly should he desire to be in one of their films.
'My whole theory is that filmmaking is a director's medium. They're the quintessential part of making a film memorable. It's like any job — you want to find someone who has a clear sense of direction but isn't afraid to collaborate,' he explained.
'I guess you could say I target most of the directors I want to work with.'
Django Unchained, which also stars Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington, will be released in US theatres on Christmas Day.
The 38-year-old Academy-Award nominated actor portrays brutal slave owner Calvin Candie in director Quentin Tarantino’s historical drama Django Unchained.
Leonardo chose this part because he trusts that Quentin would depict the plot in a poignant fashion.
'The guy [I’m playing] is a self-indulgent, racist bastard,' Leonardo told USA Today.
'[It’s] all-out corrupt. Calvin represents the moral decay of a corrupt South then. You have to be careful who you trust that power with. I've seen good material go to the wrong filmmaker, and it never captures what you believed the story was supposed to be.'
Leonardo shot to fame in 1997’s Titanic, but made his television debut at the age of 16 in 1990.
The thespian often contacts directors directly should he desire to be in one of their films.
'My whole theory is that filmmaking is a director's medium. They're the quintessential part of making a film memorable. It's like any job — you want to find someone who has a clear sense of direction but isn't afraid to collaborate,' he explained.
'I guess you could say I target most of the directors I want to work with.'
Django Unchained, which also stars Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington, will be released in US theatres on Christmas Day.
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