Leo rising

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.

                                       
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. 
          
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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