Leonardo DiCaprio Still Hasn’t Watched Titanic — And He’s Owning Up To His Worst Acting Habits
Leonardo DiCaprio still hasn’t seen Titanic. In a candid Variety and CNN Actors on Actors sit-down with Jennifer Lawrence, he reveals why he avoids revisiting his biggest hit and opens up about the bad acting habits he’s trying to break.
Leonardo DiCaprio just admitted he has never watched Titanic. Yes, that Titanic. The one that made him a global phenomenon and turned 'draw me like one of your French girls' into a dorm-room poster industry. Wild.
The reveal
This came up during Variety and CNN's Actors on Actors, where DiCaprio sat down with his Don't Look Up co-star Jennifer Lawrence for one of those casual career chats. She asked if he ever rewatched Titanic. His answer? He has not rewatched it because he has never seen it at all.
"No. I haven't seen it before."
When Lawrence pushed on the why, DiCaprio basically said he does not watch his own movies. Simple as that.
The self-critique
For someone broadly considered one of the best actors of his generation, he is still tinkering with his process. He said he can fire off too many ideas on set — a kind of scattershot burst of thoughts that are not always necessary. Translation: even Leo thinks Leo needs an occasional filter.
Where Leo is at now
Ever since Titanic, he has been one of the few true capital-M Movie Stars left. He is 51 now, a seven-time Oscar nominee, and he finally won Best Actor for The Revenant back in 2016. And he is not slowing down: he is positioned for an eighth nomination for Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another, which is also being floated as a Best Picture frontrunner.
What is next
- What Happens at Night: DiCaprio is reuniting with Jennifer Lawrence on this adaptation of Peter Cameron's ghost novel. Martin Scorsese is directing from a script by Patrick Marber. Filming is expected to start in early 2026, with Apple Original Films in talks to finance and produce.
- Heat 2: DiCaprio is in discussions to team with Michael Mann on the sequel to Mann's 1995 crime classic, based on the follow-up novel by Mann and Meg Gardiner. Christian Bale is reportedly in talks to co-star. Mann would direct, and the plan floating around is a summer 2026 shoot.
Big picture
So, no, he still has not watched the movie that put him on the map. It is a surprising little confession, but it tracks with an actor who prefers looking forward rather than back — even if that means skipping the biggest iceberg in his own filmography.