leonardo dicaprio

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Leonardo Dicaprio rests on the beach in a pair of aviator Marc by Marc Jacobs sunglasses. With the hyped Great Gatsby premiering, the actor confessed that he was reluctant in taking the lead role of Jay Gatsby at first. “I was reluctant…what’s so powerful about this novel is everyone has their own interpretation of these characters,” he said. The actor added that when he first read the novel, in junior high, he loved the story and found it representative of the roaring twenties. However, when the director handed him a copy of the novel before starting filming, he re-read it a few times, trying to understand it better. “As an adult, it takes on a different meaning. It’s really an existential novel,” DiCaprio stated. The actor also made a statement about the music in the film, which is contemporary rather than 1920s: “The last two films that I’ve done have been period pieces infused with hip-hop. So it’s really cool that these directors take that chance, and I think it really connects with audiences today.I think it sort of seamlessly meshes into the film in a way that’s almost startling,” he added. “You don’t feel like you’re watching something from a different era. You’re connecting with these people and this time period in a much more subversive way.”

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