Leonardo DiCaprio on Mark Strong

This is a big weekend for Mark Strong. Both RocknRolla and Body of Lies open today and feature outstanding performances by Strong. As American audiences begin to take note, Leonardo DiCaprio, his Body of Lies co-star, practically gushed in his praise of the English actor while promoting their film.

“He was one of the last people to be cast in the film,” DiCaprio explains. “I think [Mark] was taken aback by the sleazy, 70s suits he had to wear and the cheesy attire he had on,” Leo says, laughing, “but he jumped into the role full force.”

“He’s so subtly conniving and deceitful in this movie,” he continues. “He embraced the character and had such a great attitude even though he came in during the last week of filming. He’s just fantastic in this movie. I don’t know what else to say, he just knocks it out of the park. We really needed to have someone on Russell’s end to be the flip-side of that coin. We needed someone with weight and gravitas, to be able to match up power-wise. Thank God we got Mark Strong.”

There you have it, the DiCaprio Seal of Approval, well deserved. Mark Strong is a man to watch.