Horror twins give Leo nightmares

Star reveals how he is haunted by a sinister scene from horror classic The Shining - and it gives him nightmares.

Leonardo DiCaprio has tackled giant icebergs and terrorists on screen - but the
thought of the identical twins from Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film leaves
him a gibbering wreck.



Leo revealed the
ghost-like Grady twins, whose appearance in the film echoed a
famous photograph by Diane Arbus, give him bad dreams.



The 35-year-old, who was promoting new film Inception
in London, said: "The twins in The Shining scare the crap out of me,
based on the Diane Arbus photograph. They scare the living daylights out
of me. I think that's one of the most powerful images in film, as far
as terrifying is concerned."



The star, a committed environmentalist, also blasted BP for the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but said he hoped the
'tragedy' would lead to change.



He said: "This is a horrible tragedy. It's up to us as people and
organisations and especially the government to put pressure on BP to try
to resolve some of these major catastrophes.



"But more so than that, hopefully this is a turning point for us to
realise that digging for oil in the depths of the ocean is probably not
the best alternative for the future and we need to make a transition to
greener and cleaner technologies."



He added: "Hopefully the US will do that. We have our fingers crossed.
Hopefully this is a catalyst for something. That's my main wish."



:: Inception will be released on Friday July 16.

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