Leonardo DiCaprio Told Us His Biggest Regret: Turning Down 'Boogie Nights'
'My biggest regret is not doing Boogie Nights,' DiCaprio tells director Paul Thomas Anderson in Esquire's latest cover story. The actor turned down Anderson's 1997 porn-star drama after starring in The Basketball Diaries because it conflicted with his role in James Cameron's Titanic. So, DiCaprio recommended that his Diaries co-star Mark Wahlberg take the lead role in Boogie Nights. However, he later admitted that he should have figured out how to star in both.
'It was a profound movie of my generation,' DiCaprio explains. 'I can't imagine anyone but Mark in it. When I finally got to see that movie, I just thought it was a masterpiece. It's ironic that you're the person asking that question, but it's true.'
Now, twenty-eight years after Boogie Nights, DiCaprio and Anderson are finally working together on a new film titled One Battle After Another. From the trailer—and the two filmmakers' description in Esquire's cover story—it sounds like Anderson's first true action film complete with car chases, gun fights, and an emotional father-daughter story. You can read the full interview here.
'It was a personal story for you in a lot of ways and certainly pertinent to the world that we're living in right now,' DiCaprio tells Anderson. 'Ultimately, wanting to do this movie was pretty simple: I've been wanting to work with you—Paul—for something like twenty years now, and I loved this idea.'
'It's about the disconnection between generations,' he continues. 'It's about how this daughter and father relate to one another, and that we are living in a completely different world than the next generation. We think we understand it, but we don't.'
One Battle After Another is in theaters on September 26.
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In her replies, people took the driver's side, advising Lizzo that publicly putting her on blast probably wasn't the best idea: Twitter: @animeicon420 Lizzo ended up apologizing, tweeting, "I apologize for putting that girl on blast. I understand I have a large following and that there were so many variables that could've put her in danger. Imma really be more responsible with my use of social media and check my petty and my pride at the door." Tiffany ended up suing Lizzo for emotional distress, libel, and false light invasion of privacy. In her lawsuit, she said that she "feared for her physical safety" and got "direct threats of violence." She also said that she was "scared to leave her house and as a result was forced to stop delivering as a courier altogether." The suit said, "[Lizzo] knew or should have known that her false and defamatory statements would be republished over and over by lacked reasonable grounds for any belief in the truth of her statements and acted negligently in failing to determine the true facts...[She] acted with actual malice and reckless disregard for the truth when she tweeted the false statements of or concerning [Tiffany]." Julia Stiles was a student at Columbia in 2001, she went on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and called the campus cafeteria workers "mole people." Related: The entire campus was upset with her remark. In the Columbia Spectator, the student newspaper, an editorial writer called her a "sloe-eyed Hollywood wench" in retaliation. In a Columbia Spectator op-ed of her own, Julia said, "I have received a lot of criticism, both to my face and in print, about flippant comments I made while appearing on talk shows to promote Save the Last Dance. I was denigrated in one Columbia media outlet and nearly slandered in another, all because I made a joke about the dining hall on national television. Talk shows require a pre-interview, where the guest is grilled for funny the case of my appearance, I was asked about the quality of food at school and told to exaggerate for the sake of comedy. Granted, I was not forced to say anything, but under the circumstances I wanted to get through the interview alive. Having every comment examined under such heavy scrutiny has made me consider the repercussions of what I say. I have apologized in writing to the dining staff; they seem to understand that I wasn't commenting on any particular person. They understand that it is a very common, if not clichéd, joke to poke fun at cafeteria food. Adam Sandler did it, and so did a writer for an on-campus publication that took issue with my comments. 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On social media, people criticized and made fun of her comments. Twitter: @whatbunnysaid Twitter: @Annabelera a 2012 appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show, Emily Blunt made unkind and unnecessary comments about a server's weight while sharing a story about going to Chili's. The clip recirculated on social media in 2023, leading to a lot of backlash. So, Emily made a public apology, telling People, "I just need to address this head on as my jaw was on the floor watching this clip from 12 years ago. I'm appalled that I would say something so insensitive, hurtful, and unrelated to whatever story I was trying to tell on a talk show." She continued, "I've always considered myself someone who wouldn't dream of upsetting anyone so whatever possessed me to say anything like this in that moment is unrecognizable to me or anything I stand for. And yet it happened, and I said it and I'm so sorry for any hurt caused. I was absolutely old enough to know better." 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