Published 18:47 IST, July 26th 2020

Why Leonardo DiCaprio considers 'Catch Me If You Can' co-star Tom Hanks 'a role model'

'Catch Me If You Can' is a crime thriller starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Tom Hanks. Read on to know why Leonardo DiCaprio considers Tom Hanks a role model

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Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio had once revealed that co-star Tom Hanks was his role model. In an older interview with an international entertainment portal, he had explained that Tom Hanks was best and a consummate professional. Read ahead and kw why Leonardo DiCaprio considers Catch Me If You Can co-star Tom Hanks a role model. 

Talking to  international entertainment portal, Leonardo DiCaprio revealed that Tom is his role model because he is able to just refine what he does. Leo furr added that Hanks has much passion and exuberance for work. DiCaprio did t want to get sarcastic about what he does and never wanted to lose that spirit, so Tom Hanks was a great example. He learnt from him how to retain all that even when you are at upper echelons of movie business, Leonardo Di Caprio added. 

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In same interview, Tom Hanks also spoke about Leonardo DiCaprio and said he was equally rhapsodic about his co-star. He said that Leo is so far ahead of game and he is an incredibly talented guy who’s been through wringers. He furr concluded saying that Leonardo DiCaprio got thing to learn from him. 

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Talking about acting, Leonardo DiCaprio explained to portal that his education as an actor and his training has come from being able to work with actors that he had worked with and by watching ir process. That has been his college, he added. Titanic actor also shared that more he works with actors of his calibre, more he learns and more he picks up from m. 

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About Catch Me If You Can 

Catch Me If You Can is a biographical crime film released in 2002 featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and Nathalie Baye in supporting roles. Helmed by Steven Spielberg,  film is based on life of Frank Abagnale, who successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot. His foremost crime was check fraud; he became so highly skilled that  FBI later turned to him for help catching or check forgers. Catch Me If You Can was a critical and commercial success. 

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18:47 IST, July 26th 2020