Leonardo DiCaprio on why his new film addresses ‘divisiveness in our culture’

Yasmin RufoCulture reporterGetty ImagesThe Oscar-winning actor spoke to the BBC in regards to the political message of his new filmOne Battle After One other, the movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, has been 20 years within the making, based on its filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.DiCaprio stars as Bob, a paranoid ex-revolutionary residing off-grid, who reunites with former accomplices as he is compelled to confront an previous nemesis after his daughter goes lacking. Director Anderson got here up with the concept for the movie, which additionally stars Teyana Taylor and Regina Corridor, greater than twenty years in the past, loosely impressed by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland.DiCaprio, who received an Oscar in 2016 for survival epic The Revenant, advised the BBC the movie displays what he sees because the rising polarisation in society.”It holds a mirror as much as society and talks in regards to the divisiveness in our tradition and the truth that there’s a lot polarity.” The Wolf of Wall Avenue actor defined that whereas he would not really feel like there is a central message to the movie, “there’s an attention-grabbing undercurrent about extremism”.”It is political with out making it really feel like drugs,” he provides.Warner BrosCritics have praised DiCaprio’s efficiency as an ex-revolutionary who confronts an previous nemesisThe Traditional Suspects actor del Toro performs martial arts teacher Sergio, who involves Bob’s assist when he is beneath menace. He explains that the movie “says one thing about its time” however “it is also entertaining, enjoyable and has quite a lot of coronary heart”. Del Toro was most enthusiastic about having been in a position to work with DiCaprio, who he has “admired and wished to work with for a few years”. “Leo and I are from the identical class if Hollywood was a college – I’ve met him many occasions after which lastly we received an opportunity to work collectively. “It is a dream come true and he is very humorous in actual life and within the film.”Getty ImagesStarring alongside DiCaprio is Benicio del Toro, Chase Infiniti, Teyana Taylor and Sean PennOne Battle After One other is a component political satire, half black comedy and half motion blockbuster, and DiCaprio says general the movie “finds the humanity in all of the central characters”. “It is in regards to the folks within the movie and the characters – I am a flawed protagonist – you may relate to them and their struggles and that is not a simple factor to do.” The Titanic star beforehand advised Leisure Tonight his character is the other of Tom Cruise in Mission: Unimaginable as Bob “does the whole lot incorrect and would not land or stick any of his stunts”. ‘Surefire Oscar frontrunner’The Instances’s Kevin Maher awarded the movie four-stars, calling it a “profession excessive” for Shutter Island actor DiCaprio, including the movie is “a surefire Oscar frontrunner”.Maher mentioned Anderson, working with an alleged price range of $175m, was engaged on “his most bold canvas” and concluded the movie has an “simple greatest image Oscar nomination within the bag”.DiCaprio mentioned that Anderson has “performed quite a lot of movies however on this one, he actually went for it”.Anderson additionally directed 2017’s Phantom Thread and 2007’s There Will Be Blood, each of which received Oscars. Praising the filmmaker, DiCaprio known as him “a visionary and seminal director”.