This is how Leonardo DiCaprio prepared for his role in 'The Basketball Diaries'

Even though several actors w truly believe in concept of method acting, only a few actually ace art. And, Titanic's hero, Leonardi DiCaprio is certainly one of m. acemy award-winning actor's vehement passion for his craft is quite evident in his remarkable body of work. For each and every role, he prepares thoroughly. This is reason why it looks effortless on celluloid.

In 1995 released Leonardo DiCaprio's  Basketball Diaries which is based on  Jim Carroll's autobiographical vel. It dictates  story of his teen days in which he did substance abuse. In order to understand psyche of a drug-dict, Leo actually met a drug consultant and learnt how to talk like an dict.

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This Is How Leonardo DiCaprio Prepared For His Role In  Basketball Diaries

Leonardo DiCaprio essayed role of Jim Carroll in his biopic film titled Basketball Diaries. A major portion of drama flick focussed on Jim's transition from a highly promising basketball player to a drug dict. In order to get into skin of his character and look his part appropriately on silver-screen,  makers of movie actually hired a drug consultant. DiCaprio used to talk to him before delivering his scenes, as per IMDb trivia. 

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Ar riveting fact which Leonardo DiCaprio discovered about drug-dicts is that y talk with very low pitched voices.  And, if y happen to 'raise ir voice' it almost sounds like a frog is stuck in ir throat. Basically one sounds quite similar to a frog's voice, according to trivia available on IMDb in relation to  Basketball Diaries, directed by Scott Kalvert.

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Shedding more light on same, as per Leonardo DiCaprio, it is t compulsory for a person to sound exhausted or like y are drunk in order play an dict on-screen inste, main focus should be that one sounds very relaxed. This is because post  consumption of drug, dict feels his/her body to be jelly-like. And, one feels that everything is slow and at ease. After looking at this information, it is evident that Leonardo DiCaprio indeed prepped for his role well and did complete research to get even smallest things right. 

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As per box-office figures of  Basketball Diaries, popular film did man to live up its hype and transformed into a commercial success. It earned a whopping 24 lakhs USD. Apart from Leonardo DiCaprio, actors like Ernie Hudson, James Mio, and Bru Kirby played pivotal roles in  Basketball Diaries.