Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals the One Role That’s Stuck With Him (& It’s Surprising)
While promoting his latest film, *One Battle After Another* (arriving in theaters September 26th), Leonardo DiCaprio revealed that his role as Howard Hughes in *The Aviator* remains the most impactful of his career. He explained that he’d been fascinated with Hughes for about a decade, carrying a book about him for years. When he finally got the chance to play Hughes around the age of 30, working with Martin Scorsese and also serving as a producer, he felt a significant level of responsibility. DiCaprio considers *The Aviator* a turning point in his life, and it’s not the character’s unusual behavior that has stayed with him, but rather the extensive thought process he put into understanding the role.