At the time, the Oscar winner had to turn down the leading role as he was busy leading James Cameron’s ‘Titanic.’

DiCaprio, who is starring in Anderson’s upcoming action thriller “One Battle After Another,” told the director that he “rarely” watches his own films, but he’s seen “The Aviator” the most.

However, he’s still kicking himself over one major misstep, an admission he made during a recent Esquire interview with Paul Thomas Anderson, whose 1997 film “Boogie Nights” took Hollywood by storm. At the time,