Leo Gets to Yell (SPOILERS)


You ever notice how, in a couple of his best movies of the 2010s, Leo DiCaprio got big scripted opportunites to ...YELL AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS?

He's quite good at it. As with Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino before him, Leo really loves to wind up a big speech and scream it out until he's exhausted. And it got him at least one Oscar nom.

In QT's Django Unchained, its when Leo yells at dinner guests Jamie Foxx and Chris Waltz, slamming his hand down on the table and drawing blood from it(in real life, I've read.)

In Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, its when Leo calls all his crooked brokers into a group meeting to resign, and then starts yelling crazily about how, no, he's thought it over and he WON'T resign.

Its almost a "Leo DiCaprio" trademark now, how well that guy can yell, and it looks like QT wrote it into the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood script once he had Leo on board.

Mainly I noticed it when Leo is yelling at the Manson hippies in his drive-way, at the climax. But its also there when he goes berserk in his trailer after blowing his lines on "Lancer."

This is called "servicing your star." Leo gets to yell.

And Brad gets to be real, real, deadly cool....

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I loved the trailer scene after blowing his lines. In the middle of going nuts about his drinking the night before he grabs the flask, takes a gulp then pitches it!! Lol

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That scene was priceless and perfect. I've given myself almost that exact same talking down to before. I really enjoyed that.

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Ha! Just what I thought. I’ve been there, done that.

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Yeah man, I've been there, too. Leo nailed it.

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That scene was so well done. I so much liked when he says something like "couldn't stop with 3 or 4, HAD to have 8 drinks!"

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How about when he hears a noise outside and carries an entire pitcher with him out there. What a prime example of not being able to let go!

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so what you're saying is.......... it's good to be Pitt & DiCaprio at this point in time.

:)

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