Leonardo DiCaprio, who is collaborating with Paul Thomas Anderson for the very first time in the new thriller One Battle After Another, has revealed his strategy of working with some of Hollywood's most revered directors.
The actor, aged 50, discussed his method of landing roles alongside legends such as Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino.
He said: "Luck. Luck, and I guess the perseverance of just letting them know that you want to work with them, some day, when the time is right. That’s what I’ve been doing; that’s how I met Marty (Scorsese_ when I was young, I just let him know that if he’s ready, I’m ready,” He told The Hollywood Reporter.
"I really love film as an art form; I love watching old movies, I’m a cinephile, and it’s like those rare films rise to the top.”
DiCaprio said: "There are certain filmmakers that have a multitude of those films — Paul is one of them, Quentin (Tarantino) is one of them, Marty’s one of them. So I just let them know I’m ready and I’m game if they are.”
The actor is thrilled to have worked with Anderson, a relationship which was on the cards for Boogie Nights but had to be shelved because of DiCaprio's obligation to work on Titanic, states femalefirst.co.uk.
He said: "Any time that he asks, you work with P.T.A. This guy is like one of the great visionary filmmakers of my generation. His films, I’m still intrigued by to this day; I still talk about The Master, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, Magnolia — these films that are going to last for generations to come so you jump at an opportunity to work with Paul.”
Although DiCaprio acknowledges that he is now slowing down on the number of projects that he accepts, he confessed that he was unable to "say no" to Anderson.
