Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Starred In Moulin Rouge! Here's Why He Didn't

Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Starred In Moulin Rouge! Here's Why He Didn't

Leonardo DiCaprio was THIS close to starring in Moulin Rouge alongside Nicole Kidman, there was just one little problem... He can't sing a note.

After the success of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo And Juliet he was asked to try out for the lead in the Paris-based musical.

"To be honest, I'm not really prepared to do a musical," he told Variety. "Simply because I think I have a pretty atrocious voice.

"We had a friendly thing where it was me and him [Luhrmann] and a piano player, and we tried to sing a song together. It didn't go too well. I think it was 'Lean on Me', and when I hit the high note, he just turned to me [and said:] 'Yes, D, I don't know if this conversation should continue.'."

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