Every now and then, you’ll see an actor’s usual character turned 180 degrees°. A classic villain becomes a hero and vice versa – and more importantly, they play the character beautifully. But oh, it’s rare that you get to see famous actors playing a wide variety of roles: from tragic loser love interests to outright sadistic villains, for example. This is the experience you get when you watch any movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Some films depict DiCaprio as a hedonist, a con man, or a thought thief dreaming of adventure, using his versatility to lure audiences into each new world where he belonged—the frontier, the plantation, even Wall Street.
Reading the script shown below will give you a clearer idea of what the star was reinventing herself into, using each story as context for each convincing transformation.
Script for this article
wolf of wall street (2013)
screenwriter: Terrence Winter
Jordan Belfort is an iconic character in DiCaprio’s films, a true portrayal of Robert McKee’s devolution plot. As a biopic and black comedy, wolf of wall street As the audience watched Belfort become increasingly obsessed with debauchery and crime, they carried even greater weight for them. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, this activity earned him the nickname “The Wolf of Wall Street,” making him a predatory scumbag that you couldn’t help but keep watching – like a train wreck.
Download the script!
Don’t look up (2021)
screenwriter: Adam McKay and David Sirota
in a round Shameless, apocalyptic political satire, Don’t look up From its similarity to today’s pseudo-political landscape in America.
Movement and counter-movement go into full sprint to argue a life-ending comet approaches Earthand this The comet becomes a ticking clock in the background, and viewers witness an all-too-familiar diversionary tactic from American politicians—even Dr. Randall Mindy (DiCaprio) and Kate DiBiase Astronomers like Key (Jennifer Lawrence) issue dire warnings before falling victim to the comet.
Download the script!
Romeo and Juliet (1996)
screenwriter: Craig Pierce and Baz Luhrmann
This modern retelling of the classic Shakespeare tragedy transformed DiCaprio into a late-’90s teen heartthrob, portraying him as the young heir to Montague’s business empire.
Like his original character, DiCaprio’s Romeo is mercurial and mercurial, now feverishly obsessed with the daughter of his family business rival. In Verona Beach, Romeo and Juliet (Claire Danes) find themselves ignoring family feuds, gunfights and hatred to pursue trysts and secret marriages that end the same way that secret marriages of teenagers end – maybe Worse.
Download the script!
django unchained (2012)
screenwriter: quentin tarantino
One of the stories on this list where DiCaprio had a supporting role, django unchained It remains one of the most extreme examples of his acting skills.
Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz star as a freed slave and bounty hunter on a rescue mission, while the main villain is a plantation owner, Calvin Candy (played by DiCaprio) ), he is an extremely cruel and charismatic demon. It’s his sickening sadism and upper-class appearance that establishes DiCaprio’s character as a depraved, cunning, and downright deadly enemy worth playing with that makes the confrontations in this bloody anti-Western film worth watching in the end.
Download the script!
Read more: Inspiring writing lessons from a great man: Quentin Tarantino
The Revenant (2015)
screenwriter: Mark Smith
The story of 1820s pioneer Hugh Glass is something A legend that dates back to the early 20th century. The Revenant The film shows the events that unfold as Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) treks across the rugged, cold North American frontier after a grizzly bear attack in which his hunting partners tell him to wait die.
Glass’ ending is a gritty, gray struggle as he returns from death’s door and learns that the world is crueler and greater than one man’s hope for revenge.
Download the script!
Inception (2010)
screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Dom Cobb’s (DiCaprio) main talent is not one that can be mastered overnight. He sneaks into other people’s dreams and steals ideas or thoughts from their subconscious – studying them so deeply that his theft remains undetected.
Mission-oriented and ambitious, Cobb’s abilities caused him a lot of heartache, so the quiet, mentally tortured B&E artist quickly jumped at the chance to put his skills to good use. Only by reaching into the deepest recesses of his mind could Cobb give others an idea without them knowing it, and possibly reconnect him with everything he thought he had lost.
Download the script!
The Departed Walker (2006)
screenwriter: William Monaghan
An undercover cop (DiCaprio) and an Irish gangster (Matt Damon) are both spies in their respective fields – and when they learn there’s a rat on both sides of the fence, the police and the gang are stirred up. Gangster interests. As suspense, violence, and truths are revealed, it becomes increasingly difficult to protect yourself from suspicion, and each mouse gets worse. figure out More organized crime and Boston Police Department updates. That makes it all the more compelling to see Damon and DiCaprio unravel the truth in this tit-for-tat rat race.
Download the script!
Come to me if you can (2002)
screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson, Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding
Young, confident, and seemingly capable of anything, Frank Abagnale Jr. (DiCaprio) handles forgery and fraud like the best con men: the definition of “fake it until you make it.”
Abagnale’s account of the successful forgery, based on a semi-autobiographical book of the same name, has been widely disputed for its authenticity. But in playing the role, DiCaprio embodies the man’s charisma and obvious expertise in fraud, and his chemistry with his FBI counterpart Carl (Tom Hanks) is so believable that Whether or not it turns out to be true is fascinating. or not.
Download the script!
Read more: Unleash your inner explorer: movies that capture the spirit of adventure
the great gatsby (2013)
screenwriter: Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pierce
The story is adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, which tells the story of upper-class life in New York City in the 1920s and the lovelorn millionaire Jay Gatsby (Digital). Carpio), whose bay neighbor happens to be Daisy (Carey Mulligan), “one got away.”
Heartbreak, socialite fall, even romance.”emptiness” DiCaprio describes what he saw in Gatsby are those Taking this modern tragedy forward step by step, DiCaprio dutifully and skillfully portrays it.
Download the script!
gangs of new york (2002)
screenwriter: Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan and Steven Zaillian
Scorsese’s film shows the battles between Protestants and Irish Catholics in the 19th century, as Amsterdam Varon (DiCaprio) is sheltered by his father’s murderer (Daniel Day-Lewis), Hope for revenge. The conflicts of the intricate, corrupt gang society seep into Amsterdam and others around him, and an all-out war against his actions soon breaks out.
Download the script!
Read more: Violence and Sound: Exploring the Brutal Narratives of Martin Scorsese’s Films
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
screenwriter: Eric Ross, Martin Scorsese and David Grann
Another Scorsese film in the mix, Killers of the Flower Moon Reveals a dastardly plan to kill the Osage Nation when oil is discovered on their land. At the heart of this plan are William King Hale (Robert De Niro) and his two nephews Byron (Scott Shepard) and World War I veteran Ernest (De Niro). Caprio).
DiCaprio’s masterful performance as Ernest Burkhardt falls somewhere between idiot and conspiratorial, a man who clearly has no qualms as he carries out his uncle’s murderous orders in a greedy plot to steal Osage oil money. He also lacks his own will.
Download the script!
Titanic (1997)
screenwriter: James Cameron
If Romeo put Leonardo DiCaprio on a poster in every teenager’s room in America, Titanic was Movie Where He stole every woman’s heart the same way. Placing this fictional, star-crossed romance on the real-life disaster ship of the same name, Titanic Rich girl Rose (Kate Winslet) and hungry artist Jack (DiCaprio) fall in love with each other, even though Rose is engaged to another, wealthier man (Billy Zane).
In an epic love story doomed on its maiden voyage, Jack’s optimistic devotion paints him as a paragon of romance only to have his life cut short. It’s this portrayal of DiCaprio that makes this timeless love story feel so wrenching, even after hearing Celine Dion’s hit theme for the fortieth time.
Download the script!
—
Good actors have skill and talent, but great actors can often see through a script and bring their characters to life in multiple dimensions. With DiCaprio’s natural screen chemistry and his instinct for the inner workings, he has a deep understanding of the characters in every script. An acting career like his can shock and surprise audiences – from psychological thrillers to crime dramas, from epic love stories to edited black comedies – all thanks to how he interprets and portrays every character he plays. The true nature of the character.
