Oscar Best Actor nominee Leonardo DiCaprio almost quit acting when he was younger. The star of "The Revenant" apparently thought he would succeed better if he pursued becoming a break dancer.
DiCaprio made this revelation back in 2004 when he was a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Talk Show," revealed Huffington Post. The story has resurfaced this week ahead of the Academy Awards night that's taking place on Sunday, Feb. 28. Everyone is expecting that DiCaprio will bag the top acting plum, Marie Claire UK reports.
Speaking with Oprah, DiCaprio admitted that he was about 11-years-old when the thought of breakdancing professionally instead of acting sounded like a good idea. "Now, don't ask me to break dance because I've since lost my moves, but I was a break dancer and I had a choppy, sort of punky haircut," he said in the video.
He also admitted that he was called "The Noodle" in his "pop-locking days" and came in second place at breakdancing contest in Germany. But he shyly brushed this off saying that the achievement was a "small thing," per Business Insider.
Meanwhile, unknown to the public, the Hollywood superstar likes to enjoy anonymity once in a while. A former assistant who worked with the DiCaprio on the set of "The Aviator" revealed how he's down-to-earth.
"He said it was nice to be able to walk amongst people and interact with them without recognition. Just be like everybody else without any expectation," revealed Kasi Brown in a separate Huffington Post story. She also relayed how the actor loved goofing around on the set, or how would engage the crew with stories and life experiences.
DiCaprio, 41, had his start in showbiz doing TV commercials when he was five. Hollywood first took notice of the actor's skills seriously in the 1993 film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," where he played a mentally-handicapped teenager. DiCaprio sealed his box office and movie star credentials with the movie "Titanic," which was released in 1997.
