Leonardo DiCaprio on Finally Getting to Work With Paul Thomas Anderson in 'One Battle After Another' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Leonardo DiCaprio chats with THR at the red carpet premiere of his latest film 'One Battle After Another.' He dishes on teaming up with director Paul Thomas Anderson for the first time as the lead of this thriller and reveals down how he works with some of the top directors in the business.

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00:00Hey, Leo, great to meet you. Congratulations on this.

00:02So, you know, you said Boogie Nights, not getting to work on that.

00:05That was one of your biggest career regrets.

00:07What made this now the time for you to finally come together with PTA?

00:11There's any time that he asks, you work with PTA.

00:15I keep saying it over and over again.

00:17This guy is like one of the great visionary filmmakers of my generation.

00:22His films I'm still intrigued by to this day.

00:25I still talk about The Master, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood.

00:29I mean, these Magnolia, these films, they're going to last for generations to come.

00:34So, you know, you jump at an opportunity to work with Paul.

00:39You know, and you've worked with so many iconic directors.

00:42What is it that you think leads you to those opportunities with just some of the best of the best masters like Paul?

00:48Luck.

00:49Luck and the, I guess, the perseverance of just letting them know that you want to work with them.

00:56Someday when the time is right, you know.

00:58That's what I've been doing.

01:00That's how I met Marty when I was young.

01:01I was just like, just let him know if he's ready, I'm ready.

01:05You know, because I really love film as an art form.

01:09I love watching old movies.

01:10I'm a cinephile.

01:12And, you know, it's like those rare films rise to the top.

01:16And there's certain filmmakers that have a multitude of those films.

01:20Paul is one of them.

01:21Quentin's one of them.

01:22Marty's one of them.

01:23And so I just let them know I'm ready and I'm game if they are.

01:26I'm ready and I'm ready.

01:28Hey, I'm ready and I'm free to go.

01:29I'm ready and I'm ready and I'm ready.

01:43I'm ready.

01:43Let's go.

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