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Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio are among some of the most celebrated actors in Hollywood. And their fans had the joy of seeing their favorite stars together on the screen in the 1995 filmThe Basketball Diariesand the 2006 crime dramaThe Departed. Although they featured in two movies together and even portrayed best friends in their first movie, the duo was reportedly not very fond of each other.
The issues amongThe Basketball Diariesco-stars reportedly started during anMTV Rock and Jockbasketball game. And it only got worse after theUnchartedstar showed up eight hours late on the set of their 1995 film.
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Mark Wahlberg Pissed Leonardo DiCaprio By Being Late
BeforeMark WahlbergandLeonardo DiCapriostarred in the Oscar-winning filmThe Departed, they shared the screen in the 1995 biographical crime dramaThe Basketball Diaries. Based on the novel of the same name, the movie follows the downward spiral of a promising high school basketball player, Jim Carroll.
DiCaprio starred in the lead role, and Wahlberg portrayed his best friend, Mickey, in the movie. TheTedstar has shared that his co-star was not very enthusiastic to work with and even opposed him being cast in the film. And soon, he was able to realize that it was due to the 1991MTV Rock and Jockbasketball game.
“I was a punk. I was a prick. I was not nice to Leo that day,”he toldHuffPost, talking about the basketball game. The makers were somehow able to convince theTitanicstar to read with Wahlberg. However, he once again “pissed” the Oscar winner after he showed up eight hours late to the film’s table reading.
TheShooterstar stated that it happened due to a huge snowstorm in New York, and he had to go to “Puerto Rico for the weekend.” Later, his flight got canceled, causing him to be late for the table read.“I show up late, he’s sitting there, pissed,”he shared. However, they got together well after doing some scenes together and started filming the movie.
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Mark Wahlberg And Leonardo DiCaprio Eventually Became Friends
While Leonardo DiCaprio was not willing to star alongside Mark Wahlberg inThe Basketball Diaries, theTransformersstar later shared that he also did not feel that DiCaprio was the right actor to lead the 1995 film. “He wasn’t a New York street guy basketball player,”he said during his interview with HuffPost.
However, the feeling left as soon as they started reading their scenes. Wahlbergsaid,“But we started reading the scenes — and I looked at him, and he looked at me — and I was like, ‘Oh sh*t. This guy is good.”The duo has grown to be good friends since starring in the 1995 film.
The Departedstar has said that while working on the movie, they had to learn to respect each other, and they have “earned it.”He also shared that DiCaprio suggested his name for the 1996 thrillerFearafter filmmaker James Foley approached him for the role. The Oscar nominee reminisced about their friendship on the set ofThe Basketball Diariesas he shared a clip from the set of the 1995 film on hisInstagram.
The Basketball Diariesis not available on a streaming service yet.
The Departedis available on Netflix.
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Source:HuffPost
Laxmi Rajput
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Laxmi Rajput is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, with over 3,300 articles published covering film, TV, and pop culture. With a degree in Broadcast Journalism and over three years of experience in content writing, she pivoted to entertainment journalism because let’s be honest, superheroes, sitcoms, and Netflix binges are way more fun. Laxmi frequently covers Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and popular TV shows, offering both fan-first enthusiasm and thoughtful analysis. Her work often dives into Marvel theories, revisits the genius of The Big Bang Theory, or unpacks the Netflix phenomenon of Stranger Things.
