Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes has revealed that she once told Titanic‘s Leonardo DiCaprio that he was gay, because he tried on a dress when the pair went shopping.
Speaking on the most recent episode of The Life of Bryony, podcast with Bryony Gordon, Margolyes revealed that her “gaydar” needs some slight recalibrating, because she repeatedly notified DiCaprio that he was a homosexual.
“I did think he was gay because he wrore a dress,” she said. “I mean, I think he likes people to be talking about him…”
The former Harry Potter actor called DiCaprio a “very nice guy and a fine actor,” as well as a “great shopping companion,” and that the pair went on their shopping spree in Mexico City.
But when quizzed on what dress DiCaprio donned, Margolyes had a suitably iconic answer: “Well, I can’t remember. It was just a summer dress. It was hot…. And I just said, ‘I think you are gay.’ And he said, ‘No, I’m not. I’m not.’
“I said, ‘I think you’ll find you are.’ But I was wrong…. So my g...
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