Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Buckhart in the crime drama ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ but he was originally slated to portray a different role
’s character, Ernest’s wife, Mollie Burkhart, to the forefront instead.
“It just didn’t feel like it got to the heart of it,” DiCaprio said during a joint interview with Gladstone, 37, forpublished on Tuesday, September 19. The actor explained that the early version of the film was missing the Osage perspective despite telling the true story of the murder of 60 or more Osage Native Americans that took place in Osage County, Oklahoma, between 1918 and 1931.
DiCaprio continued: “We weren’t immersed in the Osage story. There was this tiny, small scene between Mollie [who is Osage] and Ernest that provoked such emotion in us at the reading, and we just started to penetrate into what that relationship was, because it was so twisted and bizarre and unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.
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DiCaprio also gushed about Gladstone’s “absolutely astonishing” performance in the film. “She carries the entire film and the story,” he said.Art imitating life. Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson and more stars made their marks playing real people in movies and TV shows. Many won awards for their onscreen depictions of both beloved and controversial figures throughout history.
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