Word: characterized
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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It took him an awfully long time to choose The Beach, the first movie he decided to do since Titanic was released. After starring in the biggest movie in history, DiCaprio had his pick of scripts. He read more than 100 and optioned six, but couldn't decide which one...
He's very interested in the notion of paradise, particularly in how it relates to The Beach. He says he chose the project because Alex Garland's 1997 novel speaks to his generation. "We've never had anything to fight for, so we're constantly looking for things to believe...
He has thought an awful lot about The Beach. "Three times in the movie, women give Richard keys. It's this recurrent theme of women changing Richard's character, his course. And there's the whole symbolism of water being changed into blood," he says, before going over each of...
Waiting for his friend Ethan to come by, DiCaprio flips through the channels and passes a VH1 special on the Bee Gees, which causes him to belt out a falsetto version of Staying Alive, followed by, for some reason, Funky Town. Then he flicks by What's Eating Gilbert Grape...
Of course, it's not all character development. Director David Twohy co-wrote the screenplay, and his other writing credits include Waterworld, The Fugitive, and G.I. Jane.