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THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT LEONARDO DICAPRIO

Added on: 2nd Aug 2016

 

LEONARDO WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA AS AN

AMERICAN BUT HIS ORIGIN IS FAR MORE COMPLEX.

HIS MOTHER IRMELIN WAS BORN IN GERMANY,

HIS FATHER GEORGE IS HALF-ITALIAN AND

HALF-GERMAN AND ONE OF HIS GRANDMOTHERS

WAS RUSSIAN. IN AN INTERVIEW IN RUSSIA,

DICAPRIO EVEN REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS

"HALF RUSSIAN".

Leonardo DiCaprio

 

 

 

A DEDICATED ENVIRONMENTALIST, LEONARDO GAVE

$3 MILLION TO HELP SAVE THE TIGERS IN NEPAL IN

2013, AND ANOTHER $3 MILLION TO OCEAN

CONSERVATION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN 2010, HE

ALSO DONATED $1 MILLION TO RELIEF EFFORTS IN

HAITI AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE.

tiger

 

 

 

LEONARDO WAS NAMED AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI

(FAMOUS ITALIAN POLYMATH AND UNIVERSAL

GENIUS) BECAUSE HE FIRST KICKED IN HIS

MOTHER'S WOMB WHEN SHE SAW LEONARDO DA

VINCI'S ARTWORK AT THE UFFIZI GALLERY IN

FLORENCE AND HIS ARTIST FATHER FELT IT WAS APT.

Leonardo Da Vinci

 

 

 

WHEN LEONARDO STARTED HIS ACTING CAREER, HIS

AGENT ADVISED HIM TO CHANGE HIS NAME TO A MORE

AMERICAN-FRIENDLY LENNY WILLIAMS. NEEDLESS

TO SAY, HE DID NOT FOLLOW THAT ADVICE.

Leonardo DiCaprio

 

 

LEO HAS AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER. WHILE FILMING

THE MOVIE “BLOOD DIAMOND”, HE WORKED WITH

24 ORPHANED CHILDREN FROM THE SOS CHILDREN’S

VILLAGE IN MOZAMBIQUE. THERE WAS ONE LITTLE

GIRL HE MADE A CLOSE CONNECTION WITH AND

HE DECIDED TO ADOPT HER. HE SENDS HER MONEY

EACH MONTH FOR LIVING EXPENSES AND FOOD

AND IS SAID TO CALL HER REGULARLY TO

STAY IN TOUCH.

orphaned children

 

 

 

IN 2009, LEO AND KATE WINSLET HELPED PAY NURSING

HOME FEES FOR THE LAST LIVING TITANIC SURVIVOR

SO SHE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SELL HER MEMENTOS.

Titanic

 

 

LEO WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF PATRICK BATEMAN

IN “AMERICAN PSYCHO” BUT HE DIDN’T TAKE IT

BECAUSE ALL OF HIS FANS WERE TEENAGE

GIRLS AT THE TIME.

American Psycho

 

 

IN 1997, DICAPRIO WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF THE

PORN STAR DIRK DIGGLER IN “BOOGIE NIGHTS”

BUT AROUND THE SAME TIME, HE WAS ALSO

OFFERED HIS ROLE IN “TITANIC”. THE DIRK DIGGLER

ROLE EVENTUALLY WENT TO HIS FRIEND

MARK WAHLBERG.

Leonardo DiCaprio

 

 

RATHER THAN SPLURGING ON EXPENSIVE CARS,

LEONARDO OWNS JUST ONE VEHICLE – THE ECO-FRIENDLY

TOYOTA PRIUS. ALSO, UNLIKE OTHERS OF HIS

LEVEL OF FAME AND WEALTH, HE CONSISTENTLY

CHOOSES TO FLY COMMERCIAL INSTEAD OF

HAVING A PRIVATE JET, TO BOTH SAVE MONEY

AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT FROM

UNNECESSARY EMISSIONS.

Toyota Prius

 


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