Some interesting facts about Leonardo DiCaprio that you might not know

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the prominent actors in the world. He is one of the beloved and esteemed stars in Hollywood. But his personal life is somehow hidden. Here are some interesting facts abiut him that maybe is unknown to everyone.

1. The wonderful actor has lot of different roots. Leonardo’s mother, Irmelin, was born in Germany, and father George is half Italian, half German, and also one of his grandmothers is Russian. In one of the interviews given during a trip to Russia, the actor even called himself «half Russian».

2. The actor was offered the role of Patrick Bateman, a cynical maniac in the film «American Psycho» (2000). But after much thought, he refused it, because at that time he did not want to be associated with such a role, because the vast majority of his fans were ordinary teenage girls.

3. One day, Leo almost died while skydiving in tandem. When his parachute did not open, the instructor simply took and cut off the lines, after which he pulled out a second parachute, the lines of which were also tangled. Fortunately, they were eventually untangled, and both paratroopers landed unharmed.

4. The actor is very carefully prepared for each of his roles. For example, in preparation for a role in the film «J. Edgar» DiCaprio conducted extensive research on his hero — the head of the FBI, Edgar Hoover. He also visited many places associated with him. DiCaprio himself said that he likes to play the role of historical figures as you can explore their lives in detail and find out many curious things that would be difficult to imagine.

5. Leo’s favorite actors are Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, James Dean and Meryl Streep. Except for Dean, he acted in films together with his loved actors.

6. The actor does not have his own children, but he lookes after South African girl. While filming Blood Diamond (2006) in South Africa, Leo met and became attached to a cute orphan girl. She touched the heart of a man so much that he adopted her, but at the same time she remained to live in Africa. The actor monthly transfers money to her and often communicates with her on the phone.

7. After receiving the desired Oscar statuette the actor went with friends to one of the restaurants to celebrate this event. At the end of the celebration, the whole company left the institution, but after a while they were spotted by a representative of the restaurant with an Oscar statuette in his hands and gave it to Leo. It turned out that the actor simply forgot such a coveted award and left it in the restaurant.

8. Leonardo DiCaprio has a small scar on his forehead, which was left after chickenpox.

9. The movie star loves to have a good time playing poker for money. Leo gives himself to this gambling hobby at any opportunity, but there is no information on the Internet specifically about big wins or losses.