The Great Gatsby actor, 50, appeared on the “New Heights” podcast alongside actor Benicio del Toro, and revealed that his agent suggested he change his name since his was “too ethnic.”
The Wolf of Wall Street star, who was around 12 or 13 years old at the time, admitted that he was confused by the suggested moniker, which derived from his given middle name, Wilhelm. Clearly, the name was not a hit, and Leo’s father “ripped up [the agent’s] photo” and said, “Over my dead body.”
“I was told the same thing! Benicio del Toro – Benny Del!” the Traffic actor shared.
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“Imagine being born with a star name like Leonardo DiCaprio and some Hollywood exec goes ‘yeahhh we’re gonna need you to be … Lenny Williams,’” one person wrote in the comments section of the post.
A third admitted, “I still would’ve put Lenny Williams posters all over my bedroom walls growing up [laughing emojis].”
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