--- title: Leonardo DiCaprio Dancing Up a Storm Is the Hot New Meme description: Leonardo DiCaprio dancing in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has given us a fabulous new meme. canonical: https://time.com/5554864/leonardo-dicaprio-dance/ author: Rachel E. 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Naturally, the gifs and memes of the star in a suit and slicked-back hair have already begun. > [](https://twitter.com/billkuchman/status/1108356351166693376) The star’s latest role is in Quentin Tarantino’s [_Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_](http://time.com/5323513/leonardo-dicaprio-brad-pitt-photo/)_,_ co-starring with [Brad Pitt](http://time.com/5478745/amy-adams-brad-pitt/), Dakota Fanning and Al Pacino. DiCaprio is also reuniting with his [_The Wolf of Wall Street_](http://time.com/4368577/margot-robbie-suicide-squad-harley-quinn/) love interest, [Margot Robbie](http://time.com/5514524/margot-robbie-harley-quinn-movie/), in the film, which premieres in July. Taking place in 1969, the movie is sure to feature of a lot of classic DiCaprio dancing, only made more popular in 2013’s _The Wolf of Wall Street_ and in footage from the actor at concerts. The Twitterverse is missing no beats. > [](https://twitter.com/carxlinv/status/1108359987267547137) Here are some more of the best tweets highlighting the already-iconic Leonardo DiCaprio dance moves. > [](https://twitter.com/eastwoodmcfly/status/1108353630623670273) > [](https://twitter.com/flickchickdc/status/1108357038004936705) > [](https://twitter.com/PBelzebu/status/1108361086783442946) ## Transcript To my right is Bounty Law series lead and Jake K. Hill himself, Rick Dalton and to my left is Rick's stunt double Cliff Booth. So Rick explain to the audience what exactly it is a stunt double does? Actors are required to a lot of dangerous stuff. [ MUSIC ] Cliff here is meant to help carry the load. Is that how you describe your job Cliff? What? Carrying his load? Yeah, it's about right. [ LAUGH ] [ LAUGH ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] My hands are registered as lethal weapons. We get into a fight, I accidentally kill you I go to jail. Anybody accidentally kills anybody in the fight to go to jail. It's called man slaughter. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] And, cut! That was the best acting I have ever seen in my whole life. Like you. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Like **** no. 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