Kaufman recalls a memorable experience meeting DiCaprio in the '90s.
The Big Picture Casting director Avy Kaufman has established an impressive résumé throughout her over 30-year long career. Over the years, Kaufman has cast a variety of projects, including the Emmy-winning HBO shows Succession and Mare of Easttown, and Academy Award-winning films such as King Richard, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Lincoln. She has also cast countless other memorable projects like Tár, The OA, Scream 4, and the upcoming Rustin.
During a Collider Ladies Night interview with Perri Nemiroff, Kaufman shared that DiCaprio is one actor she's proud of having had a hand in moving his career forward. Specifically, for The Basketball Diaries , which also stars Mark Wahlberg, Lorraine Bracco, and more.
As the conversation continued, Kaufman shared a memorable moment between her and DiCaprio in which she knew he would go far in the industry. Though the two didn't know each other very well, she picked up on certain aspects he held at a young age, including "a sensitvity." She told Nemiroff that "even as a young boy he – I don’t know him, you know? I knew him then for two seconds. [Laughs] I remember he was smoking, and he was like, 'Don’t tell my mom.
What Is Leonardo DiCaprio Up to Now? This year, DiCaprio reunited with Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon, which makes its wide release on October 6. The film first debuted at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year but did not screen as part of competition. Based on a true story, the film takes place during the devastating murders of the Osage people in 1920s Oklahoma, leading to an FBI investigation.
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