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MISCHA Barton has claimed that she was told to sleep with Leonardo DiCaprio when she was 19 years old. The stunning model and actress, now 37, paved a successful career at an early age. Among her roles, Mischa has played Marissa Cooper in The O.C., Kyra Collins in The Sixth Sense, and Vicky Austin in A Ring of Endless Light.

Mischa Barton claimed she was told to sleep with Leonardo DiCaprio when she was 19 and he was 30 in a 2005 interview - which resurfaced as the actor was slammed for being spotted out with Eden Polani, 19, this month.The OC actress, now 37, spoke to Harpers & Queen at the height of her fame in the teen drama, and recounted an incident where she and then-publicist Craig Schneider saw Leonardo at a photoshoot in Malibu.At the time, Oscar-winner Leonardo had just broken up with Gisele Bundchen after a six year on-off romance.In the 2005 interview, Mischa said Craig told her: 'For the sake of your career, go and sleep with that man.'Mischa said she was not interested in older men, telling the publication: 'Isn’t Leo, like, 30 or something?' Unearthed: Mischa Barton claimed she was told to sleep with Leonardo DiCaprio when she was 19 and he was 30 in a 2005 interview - which resurfaced as the actor was slammed for being spotted out with Eden Polani, 19, this month (the pair are pictured in 2005)This comes after the Titanic actor was hit by backlash over his sighting with French-Israeli model Eden. On Tuesday, sources close to Leo hit back at claims that the pair were dating after they were seen next to each other at a party, though they did not comment on whether there had ever been any romantic connection between them. They said: 'They were seated next to each other at a music-listening party.