EXCLUSIVE: Perhaps no film on his list of narrative star vehicles has subject matter as near and dear to Leonardo DiCaprio as Don’t Look Up, the star studded Adam McKay-directed Netflix satire that substitutes a metaphorical meteor in place of the toll that the climate crisis is taking on the planet.
Since his Oscar-winning turn in The Revenant, DiCaprio has done in-person Deadline interviews for all his awards season films.
Because of Omicron, this one was done by phone. Here, DiCaprio assessed everything from awards season to moviegoing in the age of Covid, and yes, the real danger of global warming for those who missed the symbolism.DEADLINE: Compare this awards season to ones you’ve been part of for most of your films. LEONARDO DICAPRIO: Well, it’s been a lot more efficient and a lot easier in a lot of ways.
The traveling around for publicity completely stopped. We did a little bit…we did a premier in New York and that got shut down because Omicron was rising.
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