September 2025Photograph By Paul Thomas Anderson

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the world’s biggest, and most private, movie stars. And every film from director Paul Thomas Anderson is a cinematic event. For the cover of its annual Mavericks of Hollywood issue, Esquire asked Anderson to interview DiCaprio, who stars in the director’s new film, One Battle After Another. The result was a candid conversation about work and life. Anderson also photographed DiCaprio for the story at a house the director owns in the San Fernando Valley.