The Oscar -winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio seems to have everything, including some regrets.

The star “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” has spent the last three decades healing one of the most impressive filmographies of his generation, working with historical directors such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino.

However, he is still kicking for a big false step, an admission he made during a recent Esquire interview with Paul Thomas Anderson, whose 1997 film “Boogie Nights” led Hollywood by assault. At that time, Anderson was a 27 -year -old Wunderkind.

“I will say it even though you are here: my greatest regret is not doing Boogie nights“The actor confirmed.” It was a deep movie of my generation. I can’t imagine anyone but Mark [Wahlberg] in it. When I could finally see that movie, I thought it was a masterpiece.

“It is ironic that you are the person who asks that question,” he told Anderson, “but it’s true.”

The duo is promoting his first collaboration, “One Battle after another”, a comedy of action thriller inspired by “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon. Follow a former revolutionary, now beyond his best moment, embarking on A wild search to find your missing daughter.

“Why did it take us so long?” Anderson asked DiCaprio to finally work together.

Anderson certainly wanted DiCaprio to “Boogie Nights”, who painted a gloomy portrait of the rise of porn industry in California, but was famous, since DiCaprio already had a previous commitment at the time of starring in a film called “Titanic”.

According to the reports, he urged Anderson to launch Wahlberg, his co -star of “The Basketball Diaries” (1995).

DiCaprio and Wahlberg co -starred
DiCaprio and Wahlberg co -starred “The Basketball Diaries” and “The Departed” (2006).

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Anderson did exactly that, practically transforming the old model and the rapper into a respected actor. Dirk Diggler’s role demanded a lot from the main actor, including scenes of emotional despair, paranoia fed by drugs and a lot of nudity.

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This is not the first time that DiCaprio has lost “Boogie Nights”. First he revealed to reject him during a GQ 2008 interview with the director of “Titanic” James Cameron, who blatantly asked DiCaprio if he would make a different decision “if you could return.”

“I am not saying that I would have done it,” Dicaprio replied at that time. “But it would have been a different direction, in terms of career. I think both are great and would like to have made them both.”