American actor Leonardo DiCaprio ranks first in this year’s ranking of the “Forbes” magazine of the best-paid actors. From May last year to May this year, he made 77 million dollars.
The largest income was for his roles in the thrillers “Shutter Island” directed by Martin Scorsese, and “Inception”, which recorded a revenue of over $1 billion. Soon, a new movie directed by Clint Eastwood “Hoover” will come on the big screen, in which DiCaprio plays the legendary FBI chief, J. Edgar Hoover. In addition, the actor was cast in the main role of the movie “The Great Gatsby”, after a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, that will be directed by Baz Luhrmann. Filming should begin in August.
Ranked second in the “Forbes” top, with revenues of $50 million, is Johnny Depp, who continues to make money for his role in “Pirates of the Caribbean”.
The third place went to Adam Sandler, who recently joined Jennifer Aniston in the comedy “Just Go With It”, his income being estimated at $40 million.
They are followed by Will Smith with 36 million dollars, and Tom Hanks, who made $35 million mainly due to the character Woody in the series of animated films “Toy Story”.