15 Things You Didn't Know About Leonardo DiCaprio

fifteen things you didn't know about Leonardo DiCaprio welcome to a Lux calm the place where future billionaires come to get inspired hello a Luxor's and welcome to another exciting original video presented by Alex calm today we are revealing some interesting and surprising facts about one of the hottest actors producers and activists of our time Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio was born November 11 1974 in Los Angeles California he got into show business early appearing in his first television show at the age of five he then appeared in a few national commercials as a teenager and began picking up recurring roles in television series like the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom growing pains his first film role was in the 1991 movie critters 3 he started getting more attention from his roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape the Basketball Diaries and Romeo and Juliet but international fame would come with his role of Jack in 1997's Titanic which was the highest-grossing film of all time until it was overtaken by avatar in 2009 since then Leo has been unstoppable with a number of box-office hits including catch me if you can the departed inception Django Unchained The Great Gatsby the wolf of Wall Street and the revenant he is one of the highest-paid actors of all time with him regularly making twenty million dollars or more per film and he is one of the most prominent environmental and climate change activists in the world his net worth is currently around 245 million dollars if you are new here welcome be sure to subscribe and follow us on instagram at a Lux DiCaprio's passion talent success and lifestyle are a source of inspiration so let's take a closer look at this a list actor with the 15 things you didn't know about Leonardo DiCaprio number one his agent wanted him to change his name near the beginning of his acting career Leos agent thought he would get more parts if he had a more Americanized name he suggested that DiCaprio change his name to Lenny Williams obviously DiCaprio did not take that terrible advice and he turned out just fine number two he was fired from his first acting job for being unruly okay he was only five years old at the time but it's still interesting to note that Leo was kicked off the first show he was cast in due to his unruly behavior the show was a children's television series called romper room which ran in the United States for over 40 years number three he is named after Leonardo da Vinci DiCaprio's mother er Merlin happened to be standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci portrait at a gallery in Florence Italy when she felt baby Leo kick for the first time his father took that as a sign and the parents decided to name their son after the famed Renaissance artist number four he adopted a child in Mozambique Leo is known to be a generous person who contributes to many charitable causes but there is one little girl in particular who has been impacted by his generosity Leo decided to unofficially adopt the young girl who lives in the SOS Children's Village in Maputo Mozambique he sends her money each month for living expenses on food and calls her regularly to check in Leo first met her and 23 other orphans in the village when he was filming the 2006 film Blood Diamond number five he dropped out of high school Leo's parents separated when he was just one year old but they raised him together in a few different neighborhoods in LA he attended the Los Angeles Center for enriched studies for four years before going to LA's John Marshall High School but he dropped out after his third year to accommodate his acting schedule later he would earn his GED with the help of a tutor the high school has other notable alumni including singer and producer will.i.am number six he can claim the most tweeted Oscar moment of all time in 2016 when DiCaprio finally got his first Oscar win for Best Actor in the revenant he got a record-shattering 440,000 tweet mentions per minute making it the most tweeted Oscar moment of all time the previous highest tweeted moment came in 2014 when Ellen took one of the greatest selfies of all time along with a-list actors like Bradley Cooper Meryl Streep Jennifer Lawrence Kevin Spacey Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt that moment got an impressive 250 5,500 tweets per minute but that's nowhere near the new record Leo set number five Leo turned down the lead role in American Psycho after Titanic opened Lionsgate picture sent Leo the script for the 2000 film American Psycho to see if he was interested in playing the lead part Christian Bale was originally cast in the role but was booted when Leonardo said he was interested when Leo changed his mind and decided to work on a film called the beach instead Bale was called upon again to take the role and it became one of the defining roles of his young career number eight he had one of his own films banned from the US and Canada in 2001 Leo agreed to starting low-budget indie film called Dawn's plum alongside his friends Tobey Maguire and Kevin Connolly as a favor to their friend Rd rabe who directed the film the movie was intended to be a short film that would only air outside the US but after Titanic was released and Leo became a much bigger star Leo alleged that Rob changed the film in a full-length feature in order to capitalize on the actors new fame Leo and Toby both used their influence in Hollywood to keep the film from being released and the producer of the film sued both actress for interfering the lawsuit ended in the film being banned from release in the US or Canada number nine he bought a 23 million dollar beachfront property in 2017 in 2017 Leo paid 23 million dollars for a beachfront property in Malibu California on the Pacific Coast Highway the purchase makes him neighbors to friend star Courtney Cox and hit television producer Mark Burnett he bought the property from Vincent viola who was president Trump's pick for Secretary of the army before he abruptly dropped out currently the 1.8 acre lot just holds a modest one-bedroom home but Leo has gotten permission to demolish the house and build a new two-story residence complete with a swimming pool cliffside deck on-site water treatment and a private beach he has owned another 1.6 million dollar home in Malibu since 1998 and in 2017 he put the mansion on the rental market for $50,000 a month or $25,000 a month if you sign a year-long lease number 10 he bought a Salvador Dali painting at auction for 1.2 million dollars in 2011 DiCaprio and his deep pockets were in attendance at a high-end art auction at the famous christie's auction house in New York City and he wasn't shy about bidding he threw out some bids on a couple of Picasso paintings but his heart was set on owning Chevalier on parade by surrealist painter Salvador Dali he won the painting with a 1.2 million dollar bid but he wasn't the only one with deep pockets that night in total the art auction brought in 156 million dollars to check out some more high-priced art click in the upper right hand corner to watch our video of the top 10 most expensive paintings in the world number 11 he has suffered from OCD all his life Leonardo has been struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder all of his life as a child he stepping on cracks on the sidewalk on the way to school and having to repeatedly go back a block so he could step on the same cracks again he admits that he has to fight the strong urge to go through doorways multiple times and he is also compelled to step on every chewing gum stain he sees other actors who have OCD include Charlize Theron Julianne Moore and Cameron Diaz number 12 a model once slashed his face with a bottle in 1999 leo is at a party at the mansion of producer Rick Salomon when model Aretha Wilson broke a bottle over his head slashing his face Leo had to get 17 stitches Aretha reportedly mistook him for an ex-boyfriend that had upset her she was arrested and ended up taking a plea bargain to serve two years in jail following her release she was deported back to her native Canada DiCaprio has never spoken publicly about the incident number 13 he has a collection of eco-friendly vehicles Leo is known to be an environmentalist and this is reflected in his car collection as well we know Leo could afford to drive anything but he chooses to purchase eco-friendly models that are either fully electric or hybrids the cars he is most often seen in are his Tesla Roadster fisker karma and Toyota Prius number 15 he helped financially support the last remaining Titanic survivor in her final days Malathi Nadine was only 2 months old when the Titanic sank on April 14 1912 her father died on the ship but she survived along with her mother and brother Milla Vina was the youngest on board the ship and she became the longest living survivor in her old age she was living in a nursing home and struggling to pay the bills she had started selling off some of her Titanic mementos to help pay for her nursing home care a fund was set up in April of 2009 to help her with her struggles and Leonardo and Kate Winslet both donated $20,000 to the cause unfortunately millvina passed away less than six months later number 15 someone paid 1.3 five million dollars to have dinner with him and Kate Winslet every year Leo holds an annual fundraiser for his Leonardo DiCaprio foundation 2017 was the fourth year for the event and as always it was a star-studded affair with performances by Lenny Kravitz and Madonna and a high-end auction that contributed heavily to the thirty million dollar total donations DiCaprio and Kate Winslet met on stage at the gala where the Titanic theme song my heart will go on played they announced they were auctioning off a dinner with Jack and Rose and the mystery winning bidder was willing to part with 1.35 million dollars for the experience now that she learned more about Leonardo DiCaprio we'd like to know which of his films is your favorite let us know what you think in the comments [Music] still here here's the bonus fact just for you Leonardo has never been married and doesn't have any children that we know of but he has been romantically linked to many women his longest known relationships were Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen from 2002 to 2005 and Israeli model Bar Refaeli from 2005 to 2011 he had also dated Naomi Campbell Emma Bunton Bijou Phillips Emma Miller Kristin saying at least 10 Victoria's Secret models and most recently Nina Agdal thank you for spending some time with us a Luxor make sure to subscribe so you never miss a video if you want more we hand-picked these videos you might enjoy or head over to Alex calm for the best in fine living content on the planet be a part of the largest community of luxury enthusiasts in the world and tell your story

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Length: 12min 21sec (741 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 29 2017