Maggie Has Loved Leo Since “Gilbert”

There’s no doubt that Leonardo DiCaprio will win the Oscar for Best Actor this Sunday, but when the Dowager Countess is in your corner, there’s really no doubt. Maggie Smith recently expressed her admiration for DiCaprio during a wide-ranging interview with NPR’s “Fresh Air.” Smith said: ‘“I’ve been rooting and voting for him since “[What’s Eating] Gilbert Grape. I thought he was so amazing in that one. He was a young man, really very young boy, wasn’t he?”

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