Overview

• During an Esquire profile, DiCaprio admitted he regrets not starring in Anderson’s 1997 film Boogie Nights and praised Mark Wahlberg’s portrayal of Dirk Diggler as integral to its acclaim.
• He turned down the role because he was already committed to James Cameron’s Titanic, the project that vaulted him to global superstardom.
• Boogie Nights maintains a 94% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and earned three Oscar nominations, solidifying its reputation as Anderson’s breakthrough work.
• DiCaprio is now making his first cinematic collaboration with Anderson in One Battle After Another, playing a former revolutionary racing to save his kidnapped daughter.
• One Battle After Another opens in U.S. theaters on Sept. 26, marking the culmination of DiCaprio’s two-decade ambition to work with the director.