Leonardo DiCaprio will never take advice from this actor again

He has already made a name for himself with his performance in 1993 What does Gilbert grape eat In addition to Mary Steenburgen, the future Oscar winner was chosen for the leading role in James Cameron’s Titanic.

But Reilly, 61, has now admitted that he strongly pushed DiCaprio to ditch the future classic and co-star with him in Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn industry film. Boogie nightswhile the chance to appear in Titanic was pointless and boring because the audience knew how the film would end.

Reilly said: “At the time we were trying to get Boogie nights All in all, the practice of porn was considered taboo. It’s hard to imagine now, you probably remember it.

“All these actors and their managers and their agents were like, ‘Porn? Wow, whoa, man. No. No.’ And there’s a penis in the movie! Everybody, ‘no, no, no, no.'”

The actor explained that Anderson really wanted DiCaprio to play Dirk Diggler in the raunchy film before the role ultimately went to Mark Wahlberg.

Reilly said: “Before Mark was asked to do the film, Paul really wanted Leo DiCaprio to do it.

‘And I had already done that What does Gilbert grape eat with Mary and Leo, and I knew Leo. I met him when he was 17. And I thought, ‘Give me the assignment, Paul. I’ll let this man make your movie. I’ve known him since he was a child. ”