To Hell and back for Oscar

15 January 2016 - 02:25
By Reuters, AFP

Leonardo DiCaprio sent girls swooning in Titanic, swaggered as The Wolf of Wall Street, and creeped audiences out as reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. But it took a seven-month, sub-zero shoot, and a role in which he barely speaks, to give him his best shot at finally winning an Oscar.DiCaprio, 41, and still a bachelor, received his fifth Oscar nod yesterday, this time for his lead role in The Revenant.

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