Update ( 10/4 , 6:00 p.m.):A seed close to Leonardo DiCaprio says the actor was only joking about bring together Elon Musk ’s expedition to Mars . Oh , well .
Original Story ( 10/4 , 12:30 p.m.):Leonardo DiCaprio is a pioneer of sorts . Having accost the United Nations , won an Oscar for his performance in The Revenant , and show that man - buns can be outwear in a non - laughable style , the doer claims he ’s operate to be among the first humans to visit Mars .
On Monday , DiCaprio attend the White House ’s South by South Lawn event , participating in a discourse about climate variety with President Obama and clime scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe . As the mathematical group broached the theme ofSpaceX CEO Elon Musk ’s plansto jettison homo to the Red Planet by 2025 , DiCaprio admitted he was already signed up for the head trip .
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home in on the severity of climate modification , Hayhoe said “ The reality of it is , if you ’re a human support on this planet — which most of us are , yeah ? … As long as we have n’t signed up for the stumble to Mars . I do n’t want to know if anyone has — I think you ’re brainsick . "
Then DiCaprio confirmed , “ Idid . ”
For anyone aware of the doer ’s lifespan outside of show business – which involvespartying at Coachella incognito– you know he ’s quite the climate militant . A recentRolling Stone profiledocuments his locomotion around Miami , Florida , seek to convince local official of the consequences of spring up ocean . His principal ground for being at the White House Monday was to encourage his new climate alteration docudrama , Before The Flood .
So Leo , it seems , is ready to sacrifice his life for the survival of humanity . Even though he ’s one infernal region of a method actor , he ’s probably not bluff out .
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