Both are great actors and have delighted with their performances. And although they never formally shared a screen, they were part of the same project. However, Amanda Seyfried made him a proposal that the actor did not take very well.
Leonardo DiCaprio made his film debut in 1989 at the age of 15. Curiously, a few years earlier, in 1985 Amanda Seyfried was born, who a few years later would also become an actress. And the truth is that the careers of both have grown to the point that today they are known worldwide.
DiCaprio's career is probably the one with the most success. From his early age as an actor, he was able to take part in big critically acclaimed movies that quickly established him as a great performer. After many years trying to get maximum recognition, finally, in 2016 he received the Oscar for Best Actor for his work in the movie The Revenant.
On the other hand, Amanda Seyfried began participating in minor series until she finally landed a role in Mean Girls. As time went by, she landed bigger and more serious roles that allowed her to show off her versatility as an actress. In 2021, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Marion Davies in Mank.
And although both have great careers, the public has not yet been able to see them share the screen. But the truth is that they have worked together and they did so with Red Riding Hood (also known as The Girl in the Red Cape). This film was released in 2011 and starred Amanda Seyfried.
The film is based on the Little Red Riding Hood character created by the Brothers Grimm and focuses on the town of Daggerhorn, where its inhabitants are stalked by a werewolf. However, they have made a pact with him, where every month they offer him an animal to satisfy his appetite. However, this pact is broken when the wolf murders a townsman. There, Valerie, a young woman who usually wears a red cape, begins to suspect that the werewolf is someone very close to her.
Amanda Seyfried shared the screen with actors such as Gary Oldman, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, and Julie Christie, among others. And what role does Leonardo DiCaprio play in all this? This time the actor took on the role of producer of the film.
The Mamma Mia actress revealed that she had always greatly admired the actor and that thanks to him and his films she decided that she also wanted to be an actress. In addition, she said that she was very special when the actor visited the set. “There was a very strange tension on the set. Everyone was whispering 'He's here!' “He is like a godfather, he is the Robert De Niro of the younger generations,” commented the interpreter.
She also revealed that DiCaprio was very involved in the film and the decisions that needed to be made, especially when it came to casting. However, the actress made a suggestion that the actor did not like at all. At one point, Amanda Seyfried suggested that the actor play his father in the film.
“I asked him if he could play my father but he felt insulted. 'I don't star in romantic movies anymore,' she told me. But I insisted and told him, 'You're 35 years old, you could age a little and that's it,'” she revealed.
The truth is that the actor has rarely played the role of a father. Of course, there are exceptions but they are very few. Finally, actor Billy Burke (Bella's father in Twilight) ended up playing Seyfried's character's father and Leonardo DiCaprio remained in his role as producer. However, the film directed by Catherine Hardwicke was not well received by critics and was generally considered a failure.
