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...critics' darling even before teenage girls knew who he was, Leonardo DiCaprio has taken a long, unconventional road to stardom. Armed with a smile that, in his first TV spot, was used to sell milk, he started out in television in 1990's straight-to-trivia TV series "Parenthood...
...Leonardo DiCaprio...
Fans who were disappointed to see Leonardo DiCaprio's dismal end in Titanic shouldn't have worried. Three relatively low-key years after the blockbuster in which he succumbed to an icy demise, Leo washed up on an idyllic stretch of sand as one of the world's highest-paid, most well known actors.In his latest rendezvous in the water, entitled The Beach, based on a book of the same name by author Alex Garland, Leo reinvents himself as Richard, a dissatisfied, disillusioned Gen-Xer, traversing the world in search of a "genuine" experience. Genuine in this case excludes anything...
...that even Leo's formidable aesthetic talents can't make bearable. Richard is also not a likable protagonist. His self-centered, immature behavior makes it difficult to sympathize with him, no matter what disaster strikes. Yet the character of Richard is the antithesis of that of Jack Dawson, DiCaprio's role in Titanic, which is testimony to DiCaprio's versatility as an actor, debunking his reputation as just another pretty face. Rumors have circulated that DiCaprio impregnated his leading lady during filming. Despite these rumors, the chemistry between Francoise and Richard is perhaps the only well-developed aspect...
...Beach relies heavily on its biggest marketing asset: DiCaprio. Twenty million of the $50 million budget was devoted to Leo's salary, and Director Danny Boyle gets his money's worth. Leo prances around the island baring his newly buffed chest and abs in true Abercrombie fashion, which will no doubt delight teenyboppers everywhere. After stewing for three years in anticipation, audiences are no doubt primed and ready to see the King of the World in his latest royal performance. While it is true that those who go simply to see Leo will depart satisfied, The Beach will leave...