10 HUGE Movie Roles Actors Were Too Scared To Take On

Another appearance on this list already— you would think Leo had no daring at all, so it’s just as well his latest has him playing... Er, an actor worrying that’s he’s missed too many chances and his best days are behind him.

Still, we’re somehow certain he’ll be alright.

One thing is for sure— it’s more than understandable that Leo regrets missing out on a starring role in PTA’s seventies-set porn epic Boogie Nights. The actor was reluctant to work with the director who until that point had only shot one film, the hotly contested Hard Eight. It was a flick the auteur later disowned due to studio meddling.

So it was that Mark Wahlberg got his shot at stardom by baring all as protagonist Dirk Diggler. The film was a classic and to this day DiCaprio and the auteur have not yet had a chance to work together, though in another world he might have made a great Bigfoot Bjornsen (any Inherent Vice heads out here? Underrated, folks).