Leonardo DiCaprio was only 21 years old in William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, a 1996 film that reimagined the story as a gangster fairy tale. Claire Danes co-starred as his ill-fated lover ...

Leonardo DiCaprio may have only ben 21 when he starred as Romeo in Baz Luhrmann’s modern retelling of ‘Romeo + Juliet,’ but he had a lot of input with the director.

So yeah, Romeo + Juliet gave us angel wings, choirboys with pistols, and a killer soundtrack, but we have Leonardo DiCaprio to thank for keeping it from turning into a full-blown roller derby.