Leonardo DiCaprio was described as “stinky” by none other than one of his co-stars, who exposed the 47-year-old actor’s lack of hygiene.
During a fun interview on the Show British thismorning, the 81-year-old actress Miriam Margolyes, who worked with the heartthrob of titanica in Romeo and Juliet (1996), confessed that Leo, then 18 years old, smelled a bit bad in the set of recording, although he attributed it to the intense heat of Mexico, the country where the movie was shot.
Speaking with presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield about their new memoir This Much is TrueMargolyes, known for her portrayal of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter, put DiCaprio on display when Willoughby alluded to the great relationship the actress had with him when they worked together.
– In one of my favorite movies, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, you worked with Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom you had a great relationship. You thought it was wonderful, you went shopping together. I mean, he looked beautiful, back then, but he didn’t necessarily smell that good…
– It smelled a bit bad, because it was very hot in Mexico. And I think the youngsters, he was very young at the time, they don’t get fragrant, they don’t wash all the parts.
This is not the first time that the bad smell given off by the Oscar winner has been revealed. In 2012, a source close to the actor’s then partner, Erin Heatherton, revealed to the magazine National Enquirer that Leo’s conquest was upset by his poor personal hygiene, justified by the “good of the environment”.
According to the source, the star of The wolf of Wall Street showers rarely and does not use deodorant due to environmental concerns:
Leo has let his love for the environment take over his entire world, but it’s killing his love life. Leonardo claims to be an avid recycler, but he always forgets garbage collection days, leaving the kitchen smelling bad. Erin loves him very much, but is beginning to think that he loves the environment more than she does.
DiCaprio’s main problem with deodorant is that it is not a “natural” product and therefore requires chemical production processes and the application of substances such as aluminum to the skin, which is at odds with his publicly stated environmentalist tendencies.