Leonardo DiCaprio Warned Timothée Chalamet to Avoid Superhero Movies (and Hard Drugs)

DiCaprio appeared on the sitcom "Growing Pains" in the early 1990s and received his first Oscar nomination for his supporting role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" in 1993. It was during the time of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo + Juliet' and of course 'Titanic' that he really became known around the world as a teen idol. By 2002, however, DiCaprio had begun to distinguish himself as much more than a flash-in-the-pan idol: working with two of the greatest directors of all time that year, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, on " Gangs of New York" and "Catch Me If You Can". He has since become one of Hollywood's most wanted men.

I remember reviewing Netflix's "The King" in 2019 and being quite impressed with Chalamet; at that time, I had yet to see him in "Lady Bird" or much else beyond Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar," where he played the younger version of Casey Affleck's character. Since then, he's become even more famous with "Dune" and other roles and looks set to become something of a "next DiCaprio" star.

Zac Efron is another young actor who rubbed shoulders with DiCaprio and received career advice from him over the years. In 2008, they were photographed sitting side by side at an NBA game, and Efron later said DiCaprio invited him over for breakfast, trying to make waffles but burning them and opting out. for pancakes instead. Speaking to MTV News at the time, Efron summed it up nicely, saying, "I think someone who made some very smart choices is Leonardo DiCaprio. He kind of fits my definition of a teenage star. , because when I was growing up, his face was everywhere. I think since then, he has developed an incredible body of work."