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Leo rising |
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Leonardo DiCaprio's big break thru came when he co. stared with Ellen Baker in a Michael Canton Jones emotional true life drama "This Boys Life" made in 1993. |
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| Leo also stared in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". For Leonardo winning the role had not come easy he still had to audition with a large amount of actors. Hallstrum (director) had narrowed things down to a final group. Hallstrum gave a final task to the actors, they all received the same tape of a retarded boy. and Leo got the role. | |
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| Leo rose from TV shows to major movies. It had given him a public persona and he found it altered how he was in private. I've changed he admitted "you cant help it your mind starts working in a different way" you feel really scrutinized by people. Despite having to adjust to a new way of life Leonardo was determined to hang onto those friends he still knew from his early days in east Hollywood | |
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