Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of The Beach at the Berlin Film Festival on February 12, 2000. Patrick PIEL / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
This podcast episode Scandals specifically returns to the existence of the “Pussy Posse”, this inseparable and intense group of friends who follow the star like her shadow.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s characteristic, in addition to talent, is also his lifestyle. For a long time, the actor never went anywhere without a group of friends who accompanied him absolutely everywhere, including on the set. Comprised of members, most of whom had been inseparable since childhood, this merry troupe had the nickname “Pussy Posse” which perfectly reflected its aspirations, very focused on girls, parties and excess.
Pussy posse, gang of fakeboys
The story does not say whether they gave themselves this mocking nickname or whether it came from the world of Hollywood. This group includes actors or aspiring actors such as Tobey Maguire, Lucas Haas, Kevin Connolly and Jay Ferguson. While some are childhood friends, others met at auditions that didn’t necessarily work out for them. Therefore, they appear in the roles of Leonardo DiCaprio’s assistant, bodyguard, press spokesperson. And above all, they protect against all those who would want to annoy their friend.
They were filmed in 1996 Romeo and Juliet thus quickly adopting the air of summer camp. Leonardo DiCaprio travels with just his gang, going so far as to buy a first-class plane ticket from the manufacturer along with five economy-class tickets for his friends to fly to Sydney together. An underrated treatment by director Baz Luhrmann that is quickly overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the star, who spends sleepless nights at local raves and pool parties.
A sulphurous reputation
Gang adventures have a bad press. In particular, there is this episode in which the famous “Pussy Posse” is accused of assaulting Elizabeth Berkley’s boyfriend; In 1998, when the actress categorically refused Leonardo DiCaprio at a party in New York, the latter claims: continues to harass him on the phone with his gang. Until Roger Wilson, a friend of the young woman, decided to intervene to try to calm them down. Strangely enough, he was attacked right after a Manhattan restaurant. In the court, Wilson accuses one of the members of “Pussy Posse” of breaking the throat and demands compensation of 45 million dollars from Leonardo DiCaprio. Another person will finally admit the facts. the gang is officially exonerated, but suspicions remain.
Another time, in 2005, Leonardo DiCaprio ended up in the emergency room in the middle of the night after a night out at then-boyfriend Paris Hilton’s house; model Aretha Wilson smashed his head with a beer bottle, leaving the actor. 17 seams; he later apologized, saying that he had mistaken her for someone else.
If all these anecdotes now seem like ancient history, that’s because after Nancy Jo Sales’s resounding article New York Magazine In 1998, the Pussy Posse went silent. Since then, Leonardo DiCaprio has slowed down his excesses, partying and bad behavior considerably. The age of reason.
Source: Le Figaro
