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...both felt extremely petrified…walking on to the set and not knowing what was going to happen next,” DiCaprio says...
...league of screen veterans like Nicholson and Scorsese, Damon and DiCaprio still seem like kids—despite the numerous films under their respective belts and a Best Screenplay Oscar for Damon. Yet “The Departed”—in which the two play challenging roles as men with double identities in the Boston police and crime world—may give Damon and DiCaprio the chance to establish their place among great movie men like Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino...
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...
...DepartedDirected by Martin ScorseseWarner Bros. Pictures5 starsMartin Scorsese returns to his old tricks in “The Departed,” a gangster pic 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...