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'J. Edgar' Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Clint Eastwood made me feel safe'
Published Monday, Nov 14 2011, 15:25 GMT | By Justin Harp | Add comment
Leonardo DiCaprio has said that he loved collaborating with his J. Edgar director Clint Eastwood.
DiCaprio praised Eastwood for his on-set demeanour, revealing that the filmmaker tried his best to make J. Edgar's cast and crew feel comfortable at all times.
The star told USA Today: "He's very faithful; he works with the same small crew he's worked with for years. That helps you move incredibly fast.
"I'm a guy who can ask for quite a few takes, but I never felt when we left a scene that I needed to do it again. You feel artistically safe in his hands."
Eastwood commented that DiCaprio ultimately proved to be the perfect actor to play controversial former FBI director J Edgar Hoover.
"He's a good kid, but everyone is a kid to me now," the filmmaker joked. "Getting that age right, so we could make him younger or older, was important, and I wasn't sure Leo would look old enough.
"[DiCaprio] spent five hours in the chair when we had to do make-up. He's a professional. And it doesn't hurt when you've got your story and got a star like Leo."
DiCaprio recently quipped that he hopes audiences won't recognise him in J. Edgar.
J. Edgar is now playing in US cinemas and is released in the UK on January 20, 2012.
> Leonardo DiCaprio 'took 90% pay cut for Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar'
Watch a trailer for J. Edgar below:
DiCaprio praised Eastwood for his on-set demeanour, revealing that the filmmaker tried his best to make J. Edgar's cast and crew feel comfortable at all times.
The star told USA Today: "He's very faithful; he works with the same small crew he's worked with for years. That helps you move incredibly fast.
"I'm a guy who can ask for quite a few takes, but I never felt when we left a scene that I needed to do it again. You feel artistically safe in his hands."
Eastwood commented that DiCaprio ultimately proved to be the perfect actor to play controversial former FBI director J Edgar Hoover.
"He's a good kid, but everyone is a kid to me now," the filmmaker joked. "Getting that age right, so we could make him younger or older, was important, and I wasn't sure Leo would look old enough.
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"[DiCaprio] spent five hours in the chair when we had to do make-up. He's a professional. And it doesn't hurt when you've got your story and got a star like Leo."
DiCaprio recently quipped that he hopes audiences won't recognise him in J. Edgar.
J. Edgar is now playing in US cinemas and is released in the UK on January 20, 2012.
> Leonardo DiCaprio 'took 90% pay cut for Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar'
Watch a trailer for J. Edgar below:
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