THE BIG-SCREEN EVOLUTION OF LEONARDO DICAPRIO

Because page 13 just wasn’t enough Leo, here’s more

1995 THE BASKETBALL DIARIES

Girls wanted to save him, boys wanted the number of his hairstylist. Leo’s turn as a high-school basketball star put him firmly on Hollywood’s radar.

1996 ROMEO + JULIET

One glance through a tropical fish tank and we were sold. The angst, the baby-face, the music, the epic Hawaiian shirts before they went mass in C&A. This was the peak of Leo-mania.

1997 TITANIC

Who didn’t want Jack Dawson to draw them like one of his French girls? In 2019 Leo is one of the world’s most highprofile climate-change campaigners but, in 1997, he had a lot to thank that iceberg for.

1998 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK

If you could turn a blind eye to the mullet, Leo acted his breeches off in two different roles. We were still obsessed with Jack Dawson, but he was already moving on.

2000 THE BEACH

What everyone thought their gap year would be like (minus shark attacks and druglords). We all booked trips to Thailand, listened to All Saints’ Pure Shores and returned with dodgy tattoos.

2006 THE DEPARTED

Scorsese! Nicholson! Also, Mark Wahlberg! This was the moment Leo rubbed shoulders with the big boys and more than held his own, earning Hollywood heavy weight stripes.

2012 DJANGO UNCHAINED

He joined Tarantino and whipped out acting skills so impressive we actually hated him by the end.

2013 THE GREAT GATSBY

Baz Luhrmann worked his magic to recreate all the glitz and glamour of the roaring ’20s. Let’s raise a glass to Leo, who is now a meme for all seasons.

2013 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Leo did a top job of exposing the excess and hedonism of the financial world. This September an immersive theatre production hits London, so it’s still successfully sparking

spin-offs.

2015 THE REVENANT

The Oscar finally arrived. Leo faced Tom Hardy in a cinematic brood-off and used his best lip-chapped drama skills to win us over. The beard alone was worth the award.