Leonardo DiCaprio Talks About 'No Regrets' For Choosing 'Titanic' Over 'Boogie Nights', 'Without...'

Leonardo DiCaprio is a phenomenal actor in Hollywood and is widely known for his role, 'Jack Dawson', in the classic romantic film, Titanic. He also achieved international fame for his film, Romeo + Juliet. However, do you know that once the global star shared his 'biggest regret' of not taking a role in the film, Boogie Nights, as he was committed to the iconic movie, Titanic? Yes, you read it right. Now, in a recent interview, he explained the truth behind the 'biggest regret' statement.

Leonardo DiCaprio shares his 'biggest regret' for not choosing a role in Boogie Nights

Earlier, this year, in 2025, Leonardo DiCaprio sat down with the One Battle After Another director, Paul Anderson, for an Esquire magazine cover story. During the interview, the Hollywood icon was asked about his biggest regret. In response, he shared that his biggest regret is not doing the role of 'Dirk Diggler' in Paul’s movie, Boogie Nights. Mark Wahlberg eventually did the role. He was quoted as saying:

"My biggest regret is not doing Boogie Nights. It was a profound movie of my generation. I can’t imagine anyone but Mark [Wahlberg] in it. When I finally got to see that movie, I just thought it was a masterpiece."

Leonardo DiCaprio explains the truth behind the 'biggest regret' remark

In a recent interview with Deadline, the Titanic actor explained the truth behind the 'biggest regret' remark. Leonardo explained that the comment 'biggest regret' was not about losing a particular project or a role. The global actor mentioned that he has been a great fan of filmmaker, Paul Anderson, and when he himself asked him about his regrets, he expressed his wish to work with him. Leonardo shared that no one could have better portrayed the role as Mark Wahlberg did. He was quoted as saying:

"Well, I think that was my answer to a question in the guise of speaking to Paul, and, without getting too personal about my own life, the question was, 'What do you regret most?' We were sitting here talking about movies. It came from the standpoint of just being a fan of his work for so long. Now, I don’t think anyone could have done a better job than Mark Wahlberg in that movie, so I said it from the perspective of being just a really sincere fan."

Leonardo DiCaprio opens up about having no regrets for choosing Titanic over Boogie Nights

In the same interview, Leonardo opened up about having no regrets for choosing Titanic over Boogie Nights. Looking back at his journey, he felt grateful for being part of that movie. For the unversed, Titanic won 11 Oscars and became the highest-grossing film for the longest time ever. Leonardo shared that due to the Titanic, he got the opportunity to choose his own projects and thus called it the greatest gift. He was quoted as saying:

"No regrets. I mean, fully now in retrospect, I look back at that film and realise the thanks and the appreciation that I have for being a part of it, and to have been able to be in this incredibly fortunate position and not only to have been a part of that movie, but to be able to be the conductor of my own choices since. That has been just the greatest gift."

Further in the interview, Leonardo mentioned that during the '90s, he was facing a dilemma as he wanted to work on both Titanic and Boogie Nights. But somehow, he couldn’t manage the two projects at that time. He then called his latest collaboration with his favourite filmmaker, Paul Anderson, a 'reconnection' after so many years. He shared that it was amazing to work with the director in the film, One Battle After Another. For the uninitiated, Paul Anderson’s One Battle After Another stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role.

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