The ascendent star gave his image a shake-up with roles in two mid-90s movies. Louis Chilton looks back at DiCaprio’s ...

The ascendent star gave his image a shake-up with roles in two mid-90s movies. Louis Chilton looks back at DiCaprio’s ...

Leonardo DiCaprio ... likely to remember The Basketball Diaries, released 30 years ago today. But that film endures as a curious detour for the actor – the apex of DiCaprio’s hurriedly aborted ...

In 1995, Leonardo DiCaprio made an early attempt to get away from his then “teen heartthrob” image, with some success, by starring in The Basketball Diaries. It is not an amazing movie ...

In 1991, a fresh-faced Leonardo ... didn’t slow DiCaprio down. He jumped to Growing Pains, then stacked up acclaimed roles in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and The Basketball Diaries ...