Netflix: after Don’t Look Up, 7 films with Leonardo DiCaprio on the platform – Actus Ciné

How could the murderess get out of a closed cell from the outside? The only clue found in the room is a sheet of paper on which you can read a series of numbers and letters with no apparent meaning. Coherent work of a sick person, or cryptogram ?

“Of course, you have to earn that trust on your side, and from the smallest role to the main roles, everyone must arrive having worked on their character and understood who they are”he continues. “You must have thought long and hard about developing the person you become on set.”

And the actor to conclude: “Even though he knows what he wants, I believe Martin also navigates through his actors to find his ultimate goal in character maturation. It’s extraordinary to watch. Martin Scorsese is a master at the art of to show, to reveal human nature.”

STATE LIES (2008)

Warner Bros. France

In front of Ridley Scott’s camera, in Lies of State, Leonardo DiCaprio embodies Roger Ferris, a former journalist wounded in the war in Iraq, recruited by the CIA to track down a terrorist based in Jordan. In order to infiltrate his network, Ferris will need to enlist the support of a CIA veteran (Russell Crowe) and Jordan’s intelligence chief (Mark Strong), who may be too helpful to be honest.

Although the CIA veteran and the head of Jordanian intelligence are supposed to be his allies, Roger Ferris wonders: how much can he trust them without putting his entire operation – and his life – in danger?

State Lies is adapted from Body of Liesnovel by David Ignatius, journalist of the washington post. Published in 2007, the book had been praised for its description of the methods of the American spy services… Note that the feature film is written by William MonahanOscar winner for his work on Les Infiltrés, the film by Martin Scorsese led by… DiCaprio!

BLOOD DIAMOND (2006)

Warner Bros. France

Blood Diamond is the story of Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) who, while serving a prison sentence for his trafficking, meets Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman of Mende origin. Torn from his family and forced to work in the diamond mines, the latter found – and hid – an extremely rare pink diamond.

Accompanied by Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an idealistic journalist, the two men then embark on a dangerous journey into rebel territory to recover the famous stone. A trip that could well save Solomon’s family and give Archer the second chance he no longer hoped for.

“I knew from reading the script that there would be significant personal research to do”DiCaprio says of the Blood Diamond experience. “This is one of the aspects that immediately attracted me to this film. We all had to immerse ourselves in this world and collect first-hand accounts. Having to play a man from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), he It was important for me to hear local people speak. All of this was a unique experience for me.”

The shooting of Blood Diamond was particularly eventful. Thus, DiCaprio would have literally saved the life of his partner Djimon Hounsou when this one was the target of a killer in Mozambique. According to Hounsou, Leo would have come between him and the sniper, causing the escape of the intruder who was then on the verge…