“Akira,” produced by Leonardo DiCaprio for Warner Bros., will shoot in California and receive an $18.5 million tax credit, the California Film Commission has announced. However, despite having appeared in multiple films and even some TV shows over the years, Lee's own tale has never been properly told on either the big or small screen. “I had a huge fear of sharks, and when I did Blood Diamond in 2006 I actually got stuck in a cage with a great white, which was awesome,” the Academy Award winning actor had informed on The Ellen Degeneres Show. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers “It was a gigantic great white… They actually said in 30 years this has never happened, but the tuna kind of got stuck on the top of the cage and the great white leapt out and tried to bite it and went into the cage with me,” he said, further adding, “Half of its body was in and out, and I flattened down at the bottom, and it was this far away, and it chomped a few times but I survived it.” Now’s that’s some experience we must say.Did you know back in March 1998, Leonardo DiCaprio had sued the Playgirl magazine reportedly as an attempt to stop them from publishing his n*de pictures in their July edition. Variety is reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce a TV series adaptation of Island, the final book from Brave New World author Aldous Huxley. Continue on to the conclusion of our interview with Leonardo DiCaprio – in which DiCaprio discusses the Oscar race, working with Christopher Walken, his future projects, and more. Photo: Victor Hugo/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images. Award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio wants to play Stan Lee in his biopic. And guess what, he had offered the part to DiCaprio. Though a bit late to the party and was an actual Force non-believer, she now finds the Star Wars franchise quite fascinating (fun fact: it was a crazy Jar Jar Binks/Sith theory that drew her in).

This was 20 years ago!” In fact, later on Leo was also considered for Tobey’s role.While shooting for Blood Diamond in Cape Town, South Africa, DiCaprio had a near fatal accident with a Great White Shark while being on a scuba excursion. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. The result is a passionate young writer who could ramble (and of course, pen) about films and series multiple hours a day. I tried again two years later when I was 13 and got an agent to accept me with my name,” reported Femalefirst.

The Marvel legend, who gave the world superheroes like The Avengers, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the X-Men, is aware that the A-list Hollywood star wants the role. The actor will be producing the series via his banner Appian Way along with In Good Company Films, reported Variety. “Matthew read for the part and then we met Leo. 1991’s Critters 3 was DiCaprio’s rite of passage, followed by a bit part in Poison Ivy the next year — and that about ended his association with the genre.

“Yeah, when I was 11-year-old, when I first wanted to be an actor professionally. After so many years of watching him on the big screen, we couldn’t imagine the actor with any other name. Don’t we all love Leonardo DiCaprio? Leonardo DiCaprio Stan Lee HASCON 2017 Marvel Comics. Leonardo DiCaprio is a wildly successful actor, and not because he stars in tentpole films. Like Paul Rudd or Jennifer Aniston who would follow, Leonardo DiCaprio got his start in the business befitting all future megastars: Starring in a godawful horror movie. “AkiraR… ... revered filmmaker James Cameron had plans to make a film on the popular Marvel character in the 90s. Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company will soon be bringing even more original film and television content to Apple TV+!

However, you will be surprised to know that at the beginning of his career DiCaprio was suggested to rechristen himself. Pop Culture • Entertainment • Leonardo DiCaprio • News. The actor has been enjoying immense fame since many years of being an actor and while we already know a lot about him, there still might be some details that we are unaware of.