Leonardo DiCaprio

Without a doubt, Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest names in Hollywood, especially now, after finally winning an Oscar for The Revenant. So how come we haven’t seen him in a superhero flick?

Well, it was because he didn’t feel ready. And he didn’t feel ready on two occasions. The first one was Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever, when DiCaprio was 21 years old – already having starred and made a strong (very strong, actually) impression in This Boy’s Life and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

Dodged a bullet there, right?

However, the second time was when Sam Raimi asked him to become Spider-Man. Instead, he did Gangs of New York – which is also great. But maybe he should have taken this chance. Even if Tobey Maguire was ok, it could have been better.

Who knows? DiCaprio’s search for the Oscar is now over. Maybe he’ll make history as a superhero/supervillain (he was great in Django Unchained) sometime in the future.