Summary
- Leonardo DiCaprio’s character from Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is beautifully recreated in a watercolor art piece, capturing his struggle to remember lines for a TV role.
- The artwork honors the fourth anniversary of the acclaimed 2019 film and showcases DiCaprio’s memorable performance as Rick Dalton.
- DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino’s collaboration has been incredibly fruitful, elevating both of their works to new levels and solidifying DiCaprio as one of the best actors of his generation.
Leonardo DiCarpio’s character from Once Upon A Time in Hollywood gets a stunning recreation in a piece of watercolor art. Marketed as Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, despite serving as his tenth theatrically released feature film as a director, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood follows the story of DiCarpio’s fictional Hollywood actor Rick Dalton in an alternate version of 1969. Seeking to restore his flagging career, Dalton is eventually cast as the villain in the pilot episode of the real-life TV Western series Lancer.
A new fan art posted to Twitter by Brianna Ashby captures DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton as he struggled to remember the lines for his villainous TV role. Check out the art below:
Complete with his character’s red, tear-stained eyes, DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton is also depicted with a length of film reel wrapped around his neck featuring key locations from Tarantino’s acclaimed 2019 film. Created to honor the movie’s fourth anniversary, the watercolor painting is an impressive rendition of one of DiCaprio’s most memorable roles.
How Leonardo DiCaprio Became One Of Quentin Tarantino’s Best Collaborators
Ever since the release of his first feature movie Reservoir Dogs in 1992, Tarantino quickly built a reputation for repeatedly working with a select group of his favorite actors. While stars like Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, and Tim Roth have repeatedly worked with him since the start of his career, Tarantino’s roster of frequent collaborators would also grow to include the likes of Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, and Uma Thurman.
However, when Tarantino first cast DiCaprio as the racist plantation owner Calvin Candie for 2012’s Django Unchained, he cultivated what eventually became one of his most fruitful onscreen partnerships. Having achieved stardom as a teen heartthrob and romantic leading man off the back of 1996’s Romeo +Juliet and 1997’s Titanic, DiCaprio would eventually deflect the starry-eyed persona which made him famous by throwing himself into a range of dramatic roles. Now cited as being one of the best actors of his generation, DiCaprio’s fateful pairing with Tarantino would later serve to elevate both of their works to whole new levels.
Having previously impressed Tarantino on Django Unchained, DiCaprio’s casting in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood showcased the Academy Award-winning actor’s impressive range, even outshining fellow repeat Tarantino collaborator Brad Pitt. With Tarantino now planning The Movie Critic, his tenth and likely final film, with any luck, audiences could get one final chance to see DiCaprio and Tarantino reunite to showcase their respective filmmaking talents.
Source: Brianna Ashby/Twitter