Leonardo DiCaprio's Issue With Mark Wahlberg & More Secrets Revealed About The Basketball Diaries
."I sold [the rights] for Matt Dillon when he was like 16. Which was good, because I'm still really good friends with Matt. ThenAnthony Michael HallAbout Hall,"I think he would have been good. He's a real wise-ass and he was the real age at that time. He could play basketball pretty good. Better than Leo, actually. The thing is, I was still doing music when that came out in the paper and fans thought it was blasphemous because he always played the nerd.
Already considered a Hollywood party boy in his real life, Leo assured reporters that no drugs were tried by him during the making of the film or in his research for the role., best known at the time for his underwear modeling and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, playing Jim's addict pal Mickey, a composite tough-guy character based on numerous people Carroll knew from the streets growing up. But Wahlberg, with Kalvert's support, auditioned six and eventually won him over.
"Then when I saw him audition, he blew me away," Carroll told Tiffen about Wahlberg."He did this scene where his brother beats him up because he didn't steal the car right. He was really crying and stuff. So I told the producer, I don't care about the baggage [including hisRon Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
And, as it turned out, while DiCaprio wasn't initially into the idea of acting with him, Wahlberg didn't exactly think Leo was a great choice to play Jim, either.
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