MUMBAI: Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. However, even he couldn’t help but admire Amitabh Bachchan. The duo worked together in The Great Gatsby, in which Amitabh made his Hollywood debut.

Ahead of the film’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Leonardo, who celebrates his 46th birthday today, revealed that he’d had conversations about Indian cinema with Amitabh.

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“He couldn’t be a more gentle, wonderful individual to work with,” he told NDTV. “And astoundingly talented. To come and play Meyer Wolfsheim in this movie and embody that roughness and a mystery, everything that comes out of his mouth is filled with so much more and so much presence. And then you see the camera cut and he’s the perfect gentleman, just a joy to be around and a wonderful collaborator. He’s a magnificent actor and I was honoured to work with him.”

The actor added, “The truth is I haven’t watched a lot of Indian films in my life but we did talk about them at great length and we always had interesting stories to tell about how we started off as actors and what it was like for him. I can’t say enough wonderful things about my experience working with him.”

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Credits: Hindustan Times