In a 2013 Hollywood Reporter interview, Leonardo’s The Basketball Diaries co-star, Mark Wahlberg, revealed that the two actors hated each other at the time they were both cast in the movie in 1995. According to the interview, Leo found out they were considering Mark for the role, and said he didn’t want “Marky Mark” to star along side him. Mark admits he wasn’t really fond of Leo either. But, it didn’t take long before they were working really well together for the film.
Mark went on to tell The Hollywood Reporter, “so I come in and I do the audition and I kind of look at him and he kind of looks at me, and then we do a scene, and they’re like, ‘Hmm, this f–king dude’s pretty good, right?’” And, there you have it – beef immediately squashed.
