How did Leonardo Di caprio escape the child actor curse

[Koba St]

He could easily have turned into the majority of the child actors from his era from River Phoenix to Edward Furlong who either died from drugs or turned into bums due to drugs. Di Caprio is still at the top of his game and an A list actor. What is his secret. How did he escape the curse?

 

[Marco Zen]

Two words.

James. Cameron.

 

[BaileyPark31]

Actual talent and a good parent?

 

[Koba St]

Actual talent and a good parent?

A lot of those kid actors were also pretty good actors

 

[invalid]

I think part of the reason is that he's had consistent work.
A lot of those child actors seem to fall into vices during periods of inactive work.

 

[Da King]

His dad


After titanic his had told him to turn down big blockbusters to work on smaller films

 

[Change]

Two words.

James. Cameron.

Two words.

Kirk Cameron

 

[Shadow King]

I think he fully embraced that he was not normal. Most people crave normalcy despite hitting the peak of social currency.


His reputation/dating practices reflect this. He likely has a detachment factor and/or strong aptitude for logic keeping him from longing for the normal life benchmarks most of his peers wanted.

 

[LeaveMyHairLineAlone]

The industry is demonic, child actors are prey, if you're not a part of the family(nepotism) you'll most likely fail.

 

[Uitomy]

Breh you know why, but you have to accept what he had to do to stay



For those who may not understand what I’m saying

Leo had a role in a movie where he plays the young lover to another man that he kisses in the mouth, that’s your first chapter in your rabbit hole

 

[Elim Garak]

People probably looked out for him or it may have been luck. Could be a combination of both. It's no different from people living regular lives. Some people thrive and some get eaten up by this world as adults.

 

[JackRoss]

On the low he fukkin children

 

[Devilinurear]

He could easily have turned into the majority of the child actors from his era from River Phoenix to Edward Furlong who either died from drugs or turned into bums due to drugs. Di Caprio is still at the top of his game and an A list actor. What is his secret. How did he escape the curse?

No woman over 25

 

[Piff Perkins]

He's an amazing actor, made great film choices, Titanic/James Cameron, and his parents (and DeNiro) keeping him out of fukkery.

 

[romeodunn]

After man behind the iron mask and the beach he focused on working with quality directors (mainly Martin Scorsese) and consistently put out critically acclaimed movies. He also developed a good reputation as a committed professional while working on set. He stayed away from the super hard drugs and focused on his production Company and environmental activism. He is also super talented which helps.