DiCaprio channels Lebowski for ‘One Battle After Another’

Leonardo DiCaprio has long reigned as Hollywood’s smart go-to guy for movies, often with Martin Scorsese, that become events.

The wild, violent, propulsive and epically scaled “One Battle After Another” marks the 50-year-old star’s first collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson (“Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Licorice Pizza”).

As Bob Ferguson, part of a violent ‘70s revolutionary group, DiCaprio ultimately flees from law enforcement and goes underground raising his daughter Willa (newcomer Chase Infiniti). All is quiet until, 20 years later, the past roars back, threatening both their lives.

“What drew me in,” DiCaprio said in a virtual press conference, “is the humanity of the character. In a strange way you have an incredibly flawed protagonist and these unexpected choices.