How Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Played Ash Ketchum In Pokémon ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

is widely regarded as a watershed moment in ’s career. The success of the 1997 classic provided DiCaprio with another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a shot at playing character Ash Ketchum. The franchise, which had already crossed lifetime earnings of over $150 billion by then, needed a celebrity boost in its movies.

Titanic had already turned DiCaprio into the face everyone couldn’t get enough of, and the studios in Hollywood were desperately trying to sign him up for upcoming projects. However, DiCaprio’s stint as a Pokémon trainer never actually materialized.

The Push To Bring Leonardo DiCaprio Into The English Dub

After Pokémon: The First Movie dominated Japanese cinemas in the summer of 1998,

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