Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…
Leonardo DiCaprio is skipping an awards show. The star won’t be attending the 2026 Actor Awards on Sunday because he is shooting a movie in Europe.
DiCaprio is currently on set filming the upcoming Martin Scorsese project, “What Happens at Night,” alongside Jennifer Lawrence.
Viewers will see the pair playing a married American couple who travel to a small European town to adopt a baby in the psychological horror film. The movie is adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter Cameron.
DiCaprio will be missing the March 1 ceremony, where he is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
The “Romeo + Juliet” actor, who portrayed activist Bob Ferguson in Paul Thomas Anderson’s action thriller, is up against Michael B. Jordan for “Sinners,” Timothée Chalamet for “Marty Supreme,” Ethan Hawke for “Blue Moon” and Jesse Plemons for “Bugonia.”
However, DiCaprio has already walked away a winner during this year’s awards season.
In January, the Oscar winner took home the Best Actor trophy at the 2026 National Board of Review Awards Gala.
While accepting the statue, DiCaprio gave a nod to his father, George DiCaprio, for kicking off his love of cinema.
“My father took me to see my first film in a theater when I was four years old,” he began. “I remember gazing up at that massive screen completely in awe, hysterically crying at the end of ‘King Kong.’ Something shifted in me. Film became an escape from the limits of my surroundings…a place where something larger than my own life felt possible.”
“One Battle After Another,” meanwhile, has continued to dominate as well, being crowned Best Film at the British Academy Film Awards, held earlier this month.
DiCaprio took the stage with co-stars Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro and Chase Infiniti to support Anderson after his win.
The project also won Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) at the 2026 Golden Globes and was named the Best Movie of the Year at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
With the Oscars coming up on March 15, “One Battle After Another” is high in the running with 13 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for DiCaprio.
And even with all of the accolades under DiCaprio’s belt, teaming up with Anderson on this project was nothing short of a dream.
“When these opportunities come up, I mean, I can’t say no,” he, 51, confessed to People about working with the director, 55.
“I think anytime would’ve been the right time, to be honest,” DiCaprio explained about making a movie with Anderson. “Ever since I met Paul early on and I saw ‘Boogie Nights,’ I’ve been an obsessive fan of his work, watched all his movies.”
The star was actually offered the role of Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler in the 1997 film but turned it down to play Jack in James Cameron’s “Titanic.”
Mark Wahlberg portrayed the lead in the film about a young busboy who becomes a porn star.
Saying no to the role still haunts DiCaprio to this day.
“I’ll say it even though you’re here: My biggest regret is not doing ‘Boogie Nights,’” he told Anderson in an August Esquire interview.
“It was a profound movie of my generation,” DiCaprio mused. “I can’t imagine anyone but Mark in it.”
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