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    Leonardo DiCaprios Ex-Agent sagte, sein Name sei „zu ethnisch“ und sollte sich zu Lenny Williams ändern: „Sie werden dich niemals einstellen“


    Leonardo DiCaprios Ex-Agent sagte, sein Name sei „zu ethnisch“ und sollte sich zu Lenny Williams ändern: „Sie werden dich niemals einstellen“

    https://variety.com/2025/film/news/leonardo-dicaprio-ex-agent-name-too-ethnic-lenny-williams-1236528713/

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    1. mcfw31 on

      > “I finally got an agent. They said, ‘Your name is too ethnic,’” DiCaprio recalled. “I go, ‘What do you mean? It’s Leonardo DiCaprio?’ They go, ‘No, too ethnic. They’re never going to hire you. Your new name is Lenny Williams.’”

      > He continued, “I said, ‘What is Lenny?’ I was 12,13. I said, ‘What is Lenny Williams?’ ‘We took your middle name and we made it. Now you’re Lenny.’”

      > The “Wolf of Wall Street” star added that when he showed his father his headshot printed with the new name, he “ripped it up, and he said, ‘Over my dead body.’”

      > Benicio Del Toro, who appeared in the interview alongside DiCaprio, also had an agent push him to change his name. He shared, “I was told the same thing. ‘You’re Benny Del.’”

    2. Nerdlinger on

      Because, as we all know, there were no big Italian actors or directors at the time.

    3. NotTheCraftyVeteran on

      Two decades into the careers of De Niro and Pacino and people were still acting like Italian names would drive away WASP audiences?

    4. Frankenflag on

      No one named Lenny was ever gonna draw Kate Winslet like one of his French girls.

    5. VnlaThndr775 on

      Imagine all the <25 year old hotties clamoring to hook up with… Lenny Williams!

    6. ThingsMayAlter on

      Sounds like total 70s mid star name. Starts as a singer, gets in some B movies, maybe has a cameo in Convoy or a Cannonball flick.

    7. AgileDrag1469 on

      And of course, you can’t become

      If you only say what you would have done

      So I missed a million miles of fun

      Len 🌞

    8. RedHeadedSicilian52 on

      There had been plenty of successful Italian American actors by the time DiCaprio’s career started. Off the top of my head, you had DeNiro, Pacino, Stallone, Travolta…

    9. isadorarara on

      “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
      … except if the choice is between Lenny Williams and Leonardo DiCaprio apparently. Leonardo is infinitely sexier.

    12. Writerhaha on

      Lenny Williams books Gilbert grape and that’s it.

      You can’t be working with Spielberg, being a crooked cop with Marty and running through a sports team of 23 year old models on yachts at 50 with a name like “Lenny Williams.”

    14. Brilliant_Towel2727 on

      Lenny Williams sounds like a borscht belt comedian from the 1950s.

    18. ThepalehorseRiderr on

      It’s weird how their strategy seems to be „we need to make you lame“.

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