Hindsight is 20/20 and we suspect the producers of the early '90s erotic thriller Poison Ivy want they may return and make a fast change.

Whereas the considerably sleazy Drew Barrymore-led thriller was sufficient of a success in its day to encourage three sequels, one wonders how way more beloved it will be if it stayed in its preliminary kind, and included a monologue from future Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio.

As DiCaprio instructed Marc Maron throughout an look on the WTF podcast a while in the past, "My first function in an precise film was with Sara Gilbert and Drew Barrymore and it was known as Poison Ivy. And I had a complete monologue insulting Sara Gilbert, and I tousled my strains."

He continued, "I feel I used to be 12 or 13 years outdated. Screwed up my strains after which they mentioned, 'OK, child, simply stroll in and have a look at her and say, 'Issues.' I mentioned, 'Simply issues?' And I walked in and mentioned, 'Issues.'"

It acquired worse from there.

"That was my line, after which they lower that out of the film," he added. "So, I'm not within the film in any respect. My first function, I'm truly not in it in any respect. They fully edited me out."

In the event you look actual shut, although, you can see him for a couple of second in a single shot, however, yeah, looks like a botched alternative by the director to work with a younger actor, let him construct his confidence, and take a look at once more. (In a approach, it sounds a bit just like the well-known sequence from DiCaprio's 2019 film As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood.)

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He's nonetheless credited as "Man" on IMDb, however what's most attention-grabbing is that if you happen to look, he's only a 12 months away from his breakout function in This Boy's Life reverse Robert De Niro, and in addition his flip in What's Consuming Gilbert Grape, which acquired him an Academy Award nomination. Clearly one thing quickly clicked and the younger actor stopped flubbing his strains.

Poison Ivy is at present a little bit of a camp traditional, but it surely truly debuted on the respected Sundance Movie Pageant in the course of the peak of the indie movie growth in 1992. It featured some large hairstyles and costuming, individuals getting shoved off balconies, and Drew Barrymore (as Ivy!) affecting a "unhealthy woman" persona, which is amusing contemplating the loving, open-hearted persona she maintains on her discuss present at present. Along with Sara Gilbert, it costarred Cheryl Ladd and Tom Skerritt because the silver fox dad that finally ends up all itchy from Ivy. (Aleve gained't assist you to with that.)

Sequel movies within the collection grew much more lurid, and starred Alyssa Milano, Jaime Pressly, and Miriam McDonald.

In case you have not seen the trailer for the OG Poison Ivy, seize some calamine lotion and have a look.

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