After a slew of brilliant performances and numerous Oscar snubs, Leonardo DiCaprio was awarded with an Oscar in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category for his performance in The Revenant. He was nominated for five Oscars a Best Supporting Actor nomination, thrice for for Best Actor, and one nomination was courtesy his role as the producer of The Wolf of Wall Street, which was nominated for Best Picture. But he was destined to win the Best Actor award in 2016. Fans rejoiced that the actor was finally awarded his own Academy Award. But now, the Academy Award winner has been ordered by federal investigators to return an Oscar he has and not exactly the one he won.
Not many are aware that Leo has another Oscar in his possession. As per New York Times, the actor has the Oscar which was won by Marlon Brando in 1954 for his performance in On the Waterfront. The actor received the award from the Malaysian financier Jho Low. The previous owner is being investigated for alleged fraud and DiCaprio has been asked to surrender the gifts he received from Low.
The report states that, apart from the Oscar, DiCaprio also received Pablo Picasso and Jean-Michel Basquiat artworks. The Oscar got lost from Brando s home and eventually bought for $600,000 (Rs 4.3 crore) by Low.
While Low paid big bucks for the Oscar, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences told the international outlet that they can buy the statue back from the government for $1 after the investigation is complete.
Brando hasn t given importance to Oscars. The actor refused to accept the Oscars for Vito Corleone in The Godfather. Fans would remember he sent a Native American woman to receive it.
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