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...Unlike Damon, DiCaprio had never spent time in Boston before filming “The Departed.” According to Damon, this meant that DiCaprio had a lot more work to do than him and fellow Bostonian Mark Wahlberg, who also stars in the film. The Boston accent, he says, has “been the most often screwed up by great actors who have come to Boston. Leo did a great job with it. And he’s on a very short list of actors who have actually pulled...
DiCaprio says that Damon and Wahlberg were both very helpful and supportive in his transformation to a Bostonian. In addition to spending time with a man from South Boston to master the distinct accent, DiCaprio immersed himself in the history and culture of the city...
...Though Damon may not have needed a dialect coach, he did require assistance in becoming a believable double agent in the police force. As part of his training to play Colin Sullivan, he joined the Massachusetts State Police on a drug raid of a crack house...
...While Damon may be self-deprecating about his lack of experience as a tough guy, preliminary reviews of “The Departed” highly praise the verisimilitude of his performance. Damon seems poised to join the ranks of Scorsese’s other leading...
...with bullets and octane overflowing in spades. Long, bloody, complex, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the pair’s best collaboration by far, this modern mobster epic can only mean one thing: Marty’s back.When a movie is directed by Scorsese, stars DiCaprio and Matt Damon, and is produced by Brad Pitt, there are high expectations all around. “The Departed” meets them eye to eye.The past few years have been a curious time for Scorsese. He has long been known as one of the finest American directors of the 20th century...