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1. Leonardo DiCaprio Tragically Dead Wives
There must be something about being married to Leonardo DiCaprio's characters that drives you to difficult periods of mental illness.
In 2010, DiCaprio was haunted by the spectres of not one but two dead wives who had suffered with mental health issues, in Shutter Island and Inception. In both cases, his own mental condition was warped considerably by his interactions with those ghosts to the point of obsession and self-destruction.
And then in Revolutionary Road, the idyllic 1950s suburban setting is broken apart by the truth of DiCaprio's relationship with on-screen wife Kate Winslet. Their relationship and their living conditions ultimately unravel and she dies from a botched, self-administered abortion.
In every case, the aftermath of his wives breaks DiCaprio's character and change him fundamentally, as you'd expect. There's also a suggested link between Winslet's character and the others in her mental health to double down on the parallels.