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When Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Blew His Titanic Role — But James Cameron Outsmarted Him With This Genius Move

When Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Blew His Titanic Role — But James Cameron Outsmarted Him With This Genius Move

How Did James Cameron Convince Leonardo DiCaprio To Consider Titanic? ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Some casting choices fall into place so perfectly, they feel like they were meant to happen all along. Leonardo DiCaprio stepping into the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic sits right up there with the most seamless ones. You watch it now, and it’s hard to picture anyone else sketching Kate Winslet or shouting from the ship’s bow like he owns the ocean. But the part didn’t land in his lap without a few bumps. Leonardo DiCaprio: Hollywood’s Young Star With Standards At The Time DiCaprio was only 21 when Titanic came along and was already a force to be reckoned with. He’d squared off with Robert De Niro (This Boy’s Life), caught Sharon Stone’s attention (The Quick and the Dead), and collected an Oscar nod for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. For him, earning critical praise was not new, and he wasn’t keen on auditions anymore. So, when James Cameron suggested a screen test, DiCaprio bristled. Maybe he thought …

Jos Buttler, bowlers outsmarted RCB at Chinnaswamy Stadium

Jos Buttler, bowlers outsmarted RCB at Chinnaswamy Stadium

With an all-round performance, the Gujarat Titans handed the first defeat of the season to Royal Challengers Bengaluru by beating RCB by eight wickets at their home venue. With Siraj and Sai Kishore’s impressive bowling attack, Gujarat contained RCB for 169 runs while Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 73 runs guided GT to chase down the target in 17.5 overs. With the defeat, RCB slips down to the third spot in the IPL 2025 points table. Speaking of the match, the Gujarat Titans won the toss and opted to bowl first. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli opened the inning for RCB while Siraj opened the bowling attack. Arshad Khan made the first breakthrough by dismissing Virat Kohli for seven runs in the fourth ball of the second over. In the very next over, Siraj dismissed Padikkal for four runs and struck again in the fifth over by dismissing Phil Salt for 14 runs. After losing their top three batters inside the powerplay, RCB managed to score 38 runs after losing three wickets. 105M SIX OF PHIL SALT. …

How Kejriwal outsmarted both BJP and Congress by resigning – India TV

Image Source : INDIA TV India TV Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma Nobody knows why Arvind Kejriwal decided to resign as Delhi chief minister and what were his compulsions. If he could run his government from jail, who prevented him from doing the same while living free, out of jail? Let me tell you, Kejriwal is a clever politician and he very well understands the game of perception. He won elections by levelling charges of corruption against top leaders of the country. Now he is himself facing charges of corruption in the liquor scam and this does not suit his style of politics. Kejriwal became chief minister after practically decimating both the Congress and BJP in Delhi elections. He has consistently won assembly elections for his party in Delhi, reduced Congress to a zero and badly marginalized the BJP in the national capital.  Now he will launch a fresh war, and start a new race against both Congress and BJP. Kejriwal knows he cannot run faster in a race while carrying the baggage of liquor scam on …