Published 22:45 IST, July 26th 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio prepped for his role in 'The Aviator' in the most amusing way

Leonardo DiCaprio essayed Howard Huges in the movie 'The Aviator'. Here is how the stellar actor prepared for such a tough character to portray onscreen.

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Leonardo DiCaprio is counted amongst most bankable Hollywood stars ever. His strong screen presence, brilliant acting skills and ability to connect  audience make him a popular face in Entertainment Industry. Some of his most remarkable performances in movies include   Revenant, Titanic, Inception, Wolf of Wall Street Shutter Island, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood amid ors.

However, it was his 2004 movie Aviator for which Leo worked exceptionally hard to prepare for his role as Howard Huges. Aviator was a blockbuster biopic movie. Take a look and re some riveting details about how Titanic actor effortlessly transformed into Huges on silver screen.  

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This Is How Leonardo DiCaprio Prepared For His Role In Aviator  

Dicaprio is an Acemy Award-winning actor who has time and again proved his acting mettle with his unique movie choices. And, Aviator was one such film which did wonders for his professional career as well. For Aviator, Leonardo h to play real-life character of Howard Huges, much-celebrated late filmmaker, pilot, and entrepreneur. As film is based on life of Howard, in order to prepare for his role,  Inception actor invested quite some time with an actual O.C.D patient.

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His name was Edward, who t only taught him about characteristic traits of people suffering from disorder but, also ir mannerisms and distinct aspects of this disease. From O.C.D patient Edward, Leonardo DiCaprio also learnt about very tendency of time and again repeating a sentence, if one is suffering from O.C.D. Leonardo DiCaprio did such preparation because re was an important scene in film in which he h to repeatedly say same dialogues as Howard Huges over and over again. As Huges in real life was an O.C.D patient. 

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scene in Aviator was one in which Howard continuously asks for "blueprints for  Hercules". Apart from Edward, Leonardo also spent time with actor Jane Rusell who starred in a film me by Huges in earlier times. By seeing  Leo's vehement passion for his craft, Jane was highly impressed. She told Aviator actor that real Howard Huges was a very stubborn man but did t like to talk too much.   

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When Aviator released, audience and critics were bowled over with Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in it. So much so that he also got an Oscar mination for playing Howard Huges on screen. Aviator film got a whopping 11 Acemy Award minations. It was directed by Martin Scorsese whereas Cate Blanchett played female le in it. On work front, Leo was last seen in blockbuster film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood with Br Pitt. 

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22:45 IST, July 26th 2020