Leonardo DiCaprio is all set to unleash one of his wildest roles yet in Paul Thomas Anderson’s gritty new drama ‘One Battle After Another’.The film, pairs DiCaprio with Hollywood heavyweights Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, and breakout star Chase Infiniti, in a drama that follows a hippie revolutionary who hides out in the woods, smokes pot, and tries (and fails) to keep his daughter safe.
Leonardo DiCaprio on his character Bob Ferguson
DiCaprio plays the character of Bob Ferguson, a paranoid ex-radical living off the grid until his past comes crashing back. In a statement to ETimes, Leo admitted that he went deep to channel the chaos for the role. “My character, Bob Ferguson, was based on an amalgamation of different revolutionaries from groups in the late 1960s, which Paul wanted to put in a modern context,” DiCaprio revealed.He continued, “What if we had a group of anti-government, anti-establishment, anti-capitalism young people that came into something for the right reasons, but then ended up cannibalising themselves and doing things that they regret? And what happens to the next generation, the offspring of that?”
On digging deep to play an anti-establishment hippie
Calling Bob a paranoid anti-establishment loner, DiCaprio further explained, “Bob is what I like to call a don’t tread on me, anti-establishment, hippie revolutionary who is paranoid about anything and everything.”Going to share his character’s standout traits, he said, that Bob doesn’t want to be taxed, or monitored and is incredibly sceptical of everyone and everything around him. “He hides himself off in the middle of the woods and stays home, watches movies like The Battle of Algiers, smokes pot and drinks, but has one objective, and that’s to protect his daughter,” Leo says. While failing at the only job he set out to do — protecting his daughter — “Bob is forced to kick into full gear when dark forces from his past resurface to threaten the one thing he holds most dearly,” DiCaprio said.
Release date in India
With Paul Thomas Anderson writing, directing, and producing, and a powerhouse cast ready to take over the big screen, ‘One Battle After Another’ is set for its Indian theatrical release on September 26, 2025. Go to Source
