The handsome hunk and Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is famously known for his outstanding contribution to the Hollywood film industry. The talented actor was born on 11th November 1974 in California, L.A. Leo started off his profession by performing in television commercials and later on played various roles in different television series. Leo got his first major role when he was only 19 years old as Tobias Wolff in This Boy’s Life. Later on, Leo received worldwide recognition through the epic romance film Titanic.
Leo is known for playing unconventional roles, especially in periodic films and biopics. Due to his exceptional performance and acting skills, Leo has been placed eight times in the annual rankings of the world’s highest-paid actors and is a recipient of various awards.
If you are a true Leo fan like lakhs of others then we got an interesting story about the star that you might have missed.
Well, the superstar’s name wasn’t just decided randomly. When the actor initially got recognition, everyone definitely must have been reminded of the great renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, well to your surprise Leonardo DiCaprio’s name actually does have a relation with the artist’s name.
Leo shared the anecdote on an NPR interview in the year 2014 where he told the interviewers that his parents were at their honeymoon in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery when his mother was pregnant with him and they were actually looking at Leonardo da Vinci’s painting when Leo started furiously kicking and Leo’s father took that as a sign and decided to name his son from the artist’s name and that’s how Leo was named Leonardo.
