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Leonardo DiCaprio opened up about some terrible advice he once received from a talent agent.

The actor appeared on the New Heights podcast along with his One Battle After Another co-star Benicio del Toro and discussed the new film and their experiences working with iconic directors.

When asked about shocking moments in their career, DiCaprio said he had a “fun one” from when he was a very young actor. DiCaprio’s first agent secured him a headshot photo and then gave him a surprising piece of news.

“I finally got an agent and they said: ‘Your name is too ethnic,” I go, What do you mean?’ They go, ‘No, too ethnic. They’re never going to hire you. Your new name is Lenny Williams. ‘What’s Lenny Williams?’ ‘We took your middle name and made it your last name and now [your first] name is Lenny.’ And my dad saw [the headshot photo the agent took], he ripped it up,…

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