Leonardo DiCaprio turning down Titanic to star in Boogie Nights?! Yup, in an alternate timeline that could've happened!
. In fact, she flew to New York to meet with him one-on-one, and during their meeting she took a piece of paper and wrote on it. She then turned it around and it said,"Please say yes," to which, of course, he said yes., a lot of actors had been interested in the role of Edward, but, none of them were the right fit and most of them were comedians.
It was actually the idea of the film's director, Gary Marshall, for the two of them to fly to New York City and meet with Richard in-person to try to convince him to take the role.and wanted to work with Quentin Tarantino — and reportedly wanted the lead role of Vincent Vega in. Unfortunately, by the time he met Quentin, the role had already gone to John Travolta.Bruce was then offered the one role that remained, Butch, the boxer.