The discussion over who should have won the best actor Oscar has led us to wonder: For what movie role could Leonardo DiCaprio snatch an Academy Award?
DiCaprio is beloved by a good number among my college friends. We have been watching him even before the ship sailed. My own favorites are Marvin's Room, This Boy's Life, and his unbelievably astonishing turn in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Lamplighter's favorite DiCaprio is The Man in the Iron Mask, and so it is with darkspark. Withavengeance insists he should have been nominated for The Departed.
Darkspark strongly believes Leo will win it; it's just a matter of time.
I have no doubt that collecting nominations will be easy. Remember that he has three already, while it took Brad Pitt 13 years to get his second one.
He has worked with actors such as Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep, and directors such as Steven Spielberg, Baz Luhrmann, Lasse Hallstrom, and James Cameron. His working relationship with Martin Scorsese is the subject of envy, and he attracts talents such as Tom Hanks, Jennifer Connelly, and Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road). He has done Shakespeare, dual roles, the gay, and the mentally handicapped.
I think he has his best shot if he plays a flashy part, preferably in a biopic. A grandstanding political firebrand.
On the more commercial side of things, I'd like to see him in a spy movie, something like Mission: Impossible and The Bourne trilogy. I'd also like him to do a thriller in a limited setting, like the Jodie Foster vehicle Panic Room.
Can't wait to see what lies ahead.
2 comments:
oohh, i shudder at the many possibilities that lie ahead of him, and for us who he takes along with.
There's a lot more good work we can expect from him in the years to come.
The rewards and the joy are for us to savor.
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