Overview
- DiCaprio made the comment during a Variety and CNN Actors on Actors conversation with Jennifer Lawrence published December 17.
- Pressed by Lawrence, he said he doesn’t really watch his films, and she replied that she generally avoids her own work as well.
- In August, he told Esquire he rarely watches his movies and cited The Aviator as the one he has revisited more than others.
- The exchange drew wide pickup and prompted surprise and debate among fans on social media.
- Titanic’s enduring profile—more than $2.2 billion worldwide, multiple re-releases including IMAX/3D, and National Film Registry induction in 2017—helped the admission resonate.