One of the most
grueling onscreen interviews has to be from The Departed (2006). It's set in FBI's office where Leonardo
DiCaprio's character can't wait to shed his family's ill reputation
by becoming a cop. The proverbial good guys. But it can't possibly be
THAT easy for him so, the interviewer is tough on him. Tough is
actually an understatement. Mark Wahlberg was brutal. At the end of
the interview, it becomes obvious why what just happened happened.
Leo's integrity wasn't under the scanner. It was his perception about
himself and where he comes from. He wasn't supposed to be deluded.
You see, it's easy to let go off one's family roots but once you do
that, you are on your own. That interview was an assertion of this
ground reality.
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