Leonardo DiCaprio’s Alleged Latest Role Might Be His Strangest Yet

Leonardo DiCaprio has played his share of unexpected roles — a doomed poet. Nevertheless, a bear attack survivor, the Wolf of Wall Street — but his latest alleged turn might out-weird them all. Similarly, According to a new teaser released on Instagram. Therefore, DiCaprio’s character in Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming thriller One Battle After Another might be crossing over into the Fortnite universe. Nevertheless, Yes, seriously.

The teaser. Therefore, posted by the film’s official account on Thursday, doesn’t feature DiCaprio himself — it swaps him out for Fortnite mascot Jonesy, who reenacts a moody, covert phone call from the original movie trailer. “There are no hands on the clock,” the caption reads, followed by: “#OneBattleAfterAnother x Fortnite coming soon.”

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There’s no word yet on what the collaboration leonardo dicaprio’s alleged latest role will include. No confirmed skins, no official tie-in missions. But the implication is clear: Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film — a political action-comedy starring DiCaprio. Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and Teyana Taylor — is being promoted through one of Gen Z’s most chaotic digital playgrounds.

For those unfamiliar. Fortnite has hosted Ariana Grande concerts, premiered a Tenet trailer, and turned LeBron James into a flying avatar. But One Battle After Another is a Paul Thomas Anderson–Thomas Pynchon adaptation about insurgency and ex-revolutionaries. Not exactly material that lends itself to dance emotes and banana-shaped NPCs.

Still, the crossover isn’t totally out of left field. As GameSpot notes, the film features car chases and gunfights — which Fortnite has in spades — and Warner Bros. may be betting big on unconventional marketing to justify the movie’s reported $100 million budget. DiCaprio. for his part, is leonardo dicaprio’s alleged latest role no stranger to viral tie-ins — he just usually isn’t replaced by a cartoon in tactical gear.

Whether or not Leo ends up as a playable skin, the teaser already has fans spiraling. It’s not every day the words “Leonardo DiCaprio” and “Fortnite” share a sentence — much less a crossover. And yet, here we are.

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