is one of the most popular Hollywood actors in the world, and although he has produced many excellent productions, the ones he created in cooperation with Martin Scorses are most appreciated. The speech includes: about “Shutter Island”, “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “The Departed”, which received as many as four awards. It was when creating the latter that they were inspired by the timeless image of the outstanding Polish director.
DiCaprio and Scorsese were inspired by this film when creating “The Departed”. This is Andrzej Wajda’s iconic work
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio talked about the preparations for six joint productions in a conversation published on their YouTube profile. It turns out that the creative process each time consisted of many stages and it was inevitable to get acquainted with works that the director considers timeless. This was also the case when the actor created the character of Billy Costigan from the above-mentioned “The Departed”, and his main reference was the cult film from 1958.
– I remember you said you wanted me to see “Ashes and Diamonds” – he recalled, adding what caught his attention the most. – Poland, World War II, and the main character is faced with a moral puzzle of trying to determine what is right. This constant anxiety and internal tension that he felt, all this had a very big impact on me when I played Billy Costigan – he admitted honestly.
Scorsese didn’t hide the fact that this one has been one of his favorites for years. He confessed that he watched it for the first time when he was maybe 20 years old, and the story still makes a striking impression on him. – ‘Ashes and Diamonds’ is a powerful film – he said with delight. – This hero is doomed to failure from the very beginning and there is something very beautiful about it, because he falls in love and, at least for those few moments, finds life. And this is the desperation – he said, referring to the plot.
Scorsese admires Zbigniew Cybulski. He compared him to an icon of American cinema
A large part of the conversation also focused on the person who played the main character, Maciek Chełmicki, in “Ashes and Diamonds”. Scorsese believes that he is one of the best, but still insufficiently appreciated, actors who have ever appeared in cinema. He even stated that if he were still alive, he would undoubtedly achieve success comparable to the world’s greatest celebrities. – He would certainly be as famous as Marcello Mastroianni or any of the great Eastern European actors who became international – he assured, thus expressing regret at his premature death. – But he died tragically a few years later, falling under a moving train. It was a great loss, but I consider him the European James Dean,” Scorsese said.
Source: Gazeta
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