This shatters her romantic dreams with the actor.
Fans and professional actors alike have been enthralled by Leonardo DiCaprio’s magnetism on screen, especially the talented Amy Adams. However, when Adams had the opportunity to work with DiCaprio in the film “Catch Me If You Can,” her infatuation with him took on a different perspective.
DiCaprio has had several well-known romances throughout the years, including one with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. From 1999 through 2005, the couple’s relationship was on and off. Bündchen recently disclosed that personal concerns, including panic attacks influenced her decision to quit the relationship.
Bündchen came to the realization that, in her search for development, she needed to cut out certain vices like caffeine, sweets, and cigarettes. She started to wonder if DiCaprio was a crutch that she needed to let go of in order to concentrate on her health.
In an interview with Porter (via Harper’s Bazaar), Bündchen expressed, “No longer numbing myself with smoking, drinking, and too much work, I was becoming more and more aware of things that I’d chosen not to look at. Was I alone in wanting to do some serious soul-searching while he stayed the same? In the end, unfortunately, the answer was yes.”
Like many young women and girls of her era, Adams had a thing for DiCaprio. It was a fantasy situation that people back in Adams’ hometown could only fathom when she first started her Hollywood career, but unlike others, Adams had the opportunity to work beside him in “Catch Me If You Can.”
However, Adams humorously revealed that her role as the unassuming nurse Brenda Strong shattered her fantasy, saying, When I moved to L.A., all the people back home were saying in a statement acquired by The Guardian, “So if you run into Leonardo DiCaprio…’ and I’m like, ‘I know, right? Imagine.’ And then I end up doing a scene with him, with braces on my teeth and pigtails, kissing him. I had a rude awakening and realized he was never going to leave Gisele Bündchen for me.”
Adams learned that DiCaprio and her on-screen kiss was not at all how she had envisioned. She discovered that she was acting in character and taking the initiative in the private moment, which was a shocking realization for the actress.
She once said in an interview with IGN, “That was all nerve-wracking simply because I had to be the aggressor. It’s not how I saw the scene, of course. And then, as soon as Spielberg saw it, I really appreciated the humor, and I loved it. I loved it. It helped explain how this shy girl could have gotten herself in trouble in the first place. She got herself in a situation for a reason, and, um, she is boy-crazy. “
Adams found that the actual event did not meet her expectations for a luxurious encounter. On the second day of filming, she was the one to initiate the kiss, tipping DiCaprio back in the chair in the ideal position to land it. Adams’s character Brenda absolutely appreciated it, even though it lessened the moment’s intimacy for her.
“So to be the aggressor on our second day of filming and like launching onto him, essentially. And like having to tip him back in the chair, and tip him at the right angle to hit the pad, you know, it takes some of the intimacy out of the moment in for Amy, but Brenda was enjoying it… immensely,” she added.
In the end, Adams’ interaction with DiCaprio on the set helped her appreciate their on-screen connection’s hilarious side and look past the Hollywood glamour. Adams was happy to work with the renowned actor and show off a new side of her ability, despite her initial sadness that her childhood passion didn’t become a real-life romance.
