Leonardo DiCaprio is sharing the big screen with his dad, George DiCaprio, for the first time in Paul Thomas Anderson’s new coming-of-age film “Licorice Pizza.”
How the elder DiCaprio, a writer and former performance artist, ended up in the movie is a story unto itself. New York Times reporter Buchanan, who spoke with writer and director Anderson for a recent profile, shared outtakes from their chat onTo hear Anderson tell it, he basically conjured up a character who looked exactly like DiCaprio."I created a picture of a guy who owned a wig shop that sold these waterbeds, and I couldn’t put my finger on it.
"And like a bolt of lightning, I remember, like, 'Leo's dad looks exactly like this,'" he continued. “So I tracked him down, asked him if he'd ever be interested in being in a film. He said, 'Sure.'"But the similarities between Anderson's made-up hippie character and the Oscar winner's real-life father went even further than the director realized.
"I explained the scenario to him. He said, 'Sounds great. Did Leo tell you that I owned a water bed company? It was called Foggy Bottom," recalled Anderson."It was one of those things. I said, 'Well, you're the right man for the job!'" he said. Leonardo DiCaprio, 47, has previously credited his father with encouraging him to be pursue his acting dreams.
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