Popular Hollywood actor Michael Shannon has recalled a standout memory from his time working with fellow moviestar Leonardo DiCaprio. He recently narrated an incident that stuck with him while shooting a 2008 movie alongside the “Titanic” actor.
Speaking during an appearance on SiriusXM’s The Julia Cunningham Show, Shannon said that the awkward moment happened when the scene required him to get up close with DiCaprio.
According to him, leaning over the legendary actor led to a massive drool dropping out of his mouth and landing on Leonardo’s trousers, and that was a very embarrassing moment for him.
“I wasn’t there too long. You know, I just had the one little scene in the woods, and then I had the scene in the dining room and Leo’s closeup was kind of the last thing we did, which was pretty gracious of him.
You know, usually whoever’s the top dog or whatnot, they get shot out first, you know, but he waited till the end and very patient and by that point, we had done the scene so many times and he’s still finding a way to make it seem like the first time every time, which is the trick.
And I lean over him at one point, and I say something kind of snarky to him that he doesn’t like. When I leaned over, this big thing of drool came out of my mouth and it just landed right on his pants and I was like, ‘Oh my god. I just drooled on Leonardo DiCaprio,'” he said.
Michael Shannon further noted that despite how embarrassed he felt, he was shocked to see how unbothered DiCaprio was during the scene.
He concluded by saying that when he apologized to Leonardo after the shoot, he calmly told him it wasn’t a big deal.
“And I felt really embarrassed and it was hard actually to keep giving him a hard time in the scene because I felt so guilty about drooling on him, but he didn’t even notice.
He just kept going, and then I came over afterwards. I said, ‘I’m really sorry. I just, I want to let you know this happened,’ and he’s like, ‘Oh yeah, don’t worry about it,’ and he wiped it off. He’s like, ‘It’s no big deal.'” he added.
