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Leonardo DiCaprio
A biography of the young actor who has built his career on roles in such films as "The Basketball Diaries," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Titanic."
16 pages, Paperback
First published November 23, 1998
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May 29, 2014Leo is very famous
August 30, 2019
First I have to mention that the author, Douglas Wright, is British, so that some of the idioms, sentence structure and word usage may not be familiar to readers outside the UK.
I will give Wright credit, where credit it due. He has done his homework, although that homework was most likely reading and viewing previously documented DiCaprio articles and interviews. Wright wishes the reader to believe that many of DiCaprio's co-stars were interviewed for this work, (Kate Winslet, Russell Crowe, Martin Scorsese, Clare Danes) those "interviews" were most likely obtained in the same manner as those of DiCaprio. Thankfully, Wright has placed a lot of interesting material between two covers, but he also included a lot of non-interesting material.
The best portions and most interesting chapters of the book are what appear to be behind the scenes and on-set of DiCaprio's films. How specific film projects were chosen. Why one film was
chosen over another (American Psycho, Titanic, and no super-hero films). There are some entertaining stories relayed during the making of Leo's films, but again, all the conversations may have been previously documented. These make the book a worth while effort.
The least interesting and what I felt didn't really need to be investigated further, are DiCaprio's various relationships. Here Wright establishes himself as a tabloid expert, but yet again, giving credit to The Star, E!, World News or Entertainment Tonight. That simply isn't what interested me.
My biggest issue with this book is the repetition. Several times I found that I was reading exactly the same paragraph as I had read in an earlier chapter, word for word. There are also times
the author uses the exact quote from another chapter. There are a few typos and additionally, I am uncomfortable when an author states that a source "wished to remain anonymous."
Although there are issues, this was still an enjoyable read (less than half a day's time) but if you are looking for some profound new insight from the man himself, this isn't the place to find it.
I will give Wright credit, where credit it due. He has done his homework, although that homework was most likely reading and viewing previously documented DiCaprio articles and interviews. Wright wishes the reader to believe that many of DiCaprio's co-stars were interviewed for this work, (Kate Winslet, Russell Crowe, Martin Scorsese, Clare Danes) those "interviews" were most likely obtained in the same manner as those of DiCaprio. Thankfully, Wright has placed a lot of interesting material between two covers, but he also included a lot of non-interesting material.
The best portions and most interesting chapters of the book are what appear to be behind the scenes and on-set of DiCaprio's films. How specific film projects were chosen. Why one film was
chosen over another (American Psycho, Titanic, and no super-hero films). There are some entertaining stories relayed during the making of Leo's films, but again, all the conversations may have been previously documented. These make the book a worth while effort.
The least interesting and what I felt didn't really need to be investigated further, are DiCaprio's various relationships. Here Wright establishes himself as a tabloid expert, but yet again, giving credit to The Star, E!, World News or Entertainment Tonight. That simply isn't what interested me.
My biggest issue with this book is the repetition. Several times I found that I was reading exactly the same paragraph as I had read in an earlier chapter, word for word. There are also times
the author uses the exact quote from another chapter. There are a few typos and additionally, I am uncomfortable when an author states that a source "wished to remain anonymous."
Although there are issues, this was still an enjoyable read (less than half a day's time) but if you are looking for some profound new insight from the man himself, this isn't the place to find it.
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December 21, 2023
#Terminado. Leo is one of a Kind. (Leo é uma Pérola).
April 27, 2016
1,Penguin reader level1
2,40 minutes
3,popular, successful, acting, star, Titanic, film, Hollywood
4, 'Leo was a happy boy, but he wasn't always good ' I was releaved because he is very very famous, but not good at all. I think gifted people hasn't different talent, so they are good at only one thing.
5, I haven't watched his movie very much, but I only watched 'Titanic'. So I didn't know that he has been acting since he was quite young!
2,40 minutes
3,popular, successful, acting, star, Titanic, film, Hollywood
4, 'Leo was a happy boy, but he wasn't always good ' I was releaved because he is very very famous, but not good at all. I think gifted people hasn't different talent, so they are good at only one thing.
5, I haven't watched his movie very much, but I only watched 'Titanic'. So I didn't know that he has been acting since he was quite young!
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December 1, 2011I realized I haven't seen his movies pretty much. There are many movies I don't know in this book to mention.
November 28, 2013
I think the book good
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