For instance,Twilight’sRobert PattinsonandKristen Stewartappeared in movies likeDavid Cronenberg’sCosmopolisandOlivier Assayas’Clouds of Sils Maria, respectively.
But DiCaprio’s first post-Titanicrole was not one that challenged his heartthrob status.
He even got an Oscar nom in 1994 for his supporting role inWhat’s Eating Gilbert Grape.
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“It was pretty disheartening to be objectified like that,“he told Newsweek in 2007.
“I wanted to stop acting for a little bit.
It made me, for the first time, in control of my career.
The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?
But yeah, it was weird.”
The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned.
Can the twin be substituted for the real king?
However,the performances inThe Man in the Iron Maskare very uneven.
His performance inThe Man in the Iron Maskis nothing if not great.
The scene in which DiCpario shines the most, though, is one in which Phillippe is completely alone.
During a masquerade ball, the musketeers manage to kidnap the real king and replace him with his brother.
Entering the ballroom with his face barely covered, Phillippe is nonetheless wearing a disguise.
His clothes are not his own, and neither is his skin.
He’s supposed to not just imitate Louis, but, to an extent, become him.
He fails at the task, of course.
He is much too kind to treat his subjects with disdain.
And we’re talking about the year that gave usThe Mask of Zorro, mind you.
Yes, they are!
The lesson that we can derive from this story?
The Man in the Iron Maskis currently available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
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