Time To Give Leo DiCaprio That Oscar He Deserves (Scratch That: Needs)

“Then he should just know someone is pursuing him from the village”, another said.

He is one of, if not the most, talented actor of his generation, and yet he has never won an Oscar.

Actors like Harrison Ford, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Cruise, Amy Adams, Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Bradley Cooper, Robert Downey Jr., Glenn Close, and Peter O’ Toole have all been nominated, but never won. I mean, he’s as accomplished as they come. After Titanic, DiCaprio shifted his focus to memorable but challenging roles, working with directors Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese.

Fans around the world will be watching with baited breath to see if Leonardo DiCaprio wins the Best Actor award at the Oscars on Sunday evening.

“The fact that he’s never won before?”

Called “If Leonardo DiCaprio wins the Oscar, everyone meet in Leicester Square”, the event creators explained that they are organising the celebrations in conjunction with other events that are taking place in Barcelona, Madrid and Dublin.

Of his three nominations (The Aviator, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Wolf of Wall Street), 2005’s The Aviator seemed DiCaprio’s best chance.

The star ended up losing to Tommy Lee Jones in “The Fugitive” in 1993, Jamie Foxx in “Ray” in 2004, Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” in 2006, and Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club” in 2013.

But Inception was his biggest payday to date, according to IMDB: between his acting salary, back end profits, and a share of DVD and pay-TV revenue, DiCaprio made as much as $59 million from the Christopher Nolan film. He’s nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in The Revenant, and he’s been scooping up awards for the role all season long.

Yes, this is not Leonardo’s best performance ever. Two years ago, he left it all on the pitch or, to be accurate, the forecourt of his city dealer’s mansion, when he portrayed the loaded but troubled Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf Of Wall Street”. He is now up against Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl”), Michael Fassbender (“Steve Jobs”), Bryan Cranston (“Trumbo”) and Matt Damon (“The Martian”).