--- title: Leonardo DiCaprio Reflects on Working With Luke Perry description: Stars really are just like us: even Leonardo DiCaprio says he was star-struck when filming a scene with Luke Perry, who died in March. canonical: https://time.com/5635545/leonardo-dicaprio-luke-perry/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-25T22:16:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:41.829Z og:title: 'Struck By His Kindness.' 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Leonardo DiCaprio Had the Sweetest Tribute to Co-Star Luke Perry by [Rachel E. Greenspan](/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Jul 25, 2019 10:16 PM CUT  (L-R) Actors Luke Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio. (L-R) Actors Luke Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio.Valery Hache—AFP/Getty Images; Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images by [Rachel E. Greenspan](/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Jul 25, 2019 10:16 PM CUT As people mourned [Luke Perry’s passing](https://time.com/5546768/luke-perry-darren-star-obituary/ "undefined") after suffering a massive stroke, Leonardo DiCaprio, his recent co-star, was grieving right along with his fans, too. “When I heard that news it was really heartbreaking,” he said recently. Before Perry died in March at age 52, the [ late _Beverly Hills,_ _90210_ star](https://time.com/5543148/luke-perry-obituary/ "undefined") filmed a scene with DiCaprio for [Quentin Tarantino](https://time.com/5594650/quentin-tarantino-margot-robbie-question/ "undefined")‘s new movie [_Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood_](https://time.com/5595352/quentin-tarantino-interview-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ "undefined"), which opens Friday. DiCaprio reflected on that experience in a roundtable interview with Tarantino and co-stars [Brad Pitt](https://time.com/5625326/brad-pitt-margot-robbie-photo/ "undefined") and [Margot Robbie](https://time.com/5514524/margot-robbie-harley-quinn-movie/ "undefined") for [_Entertainment Weekly._](https://ew.com/movies/2019/07/23/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-roundtable/ "undefined") “I was immediately struck by his kindness,” DiCaprio said in the interview. Pitt echoed the sweet sentiment, adding that Perry was an “incredibly generous man.” Perry quickly became the heartthrob of the ’90s with his role as Dylan McKay in _Beverly Hills, 90210_, which ran from 1990 to 2000\. As for DiCaprio, his fame came around the same time, when he starred in [_Romeo and Juliet_](https://time.com/4812549/emily-blunt-romeo-juliet/ "undefined") and [_Titanic_ ](https://time.com/5627345/titanic-door-scene-debate/ "undefined")in 1996 and 1997, respectively. But DiCaprio’s celebrity doesn’t make him immune to the effects of star power. “I remember being in my teens and he was the manifestation of the new \[James\] Dean on television and everyone was crazy about him,” DiCaprio said, adding that when they shot the _Once Upon a Time_ scene together, “I felt this overwhelming feeling of being star-struck.” When Perry was on set for the film, he said “there was this immediate excitement.” The Oscar winner, 44, also recalled how he and Perry reflected on their parallel lives as stars living in Los Angeles. Perry spent the final years of his life playing Archie Andrews’ father on [_Riverdale_](https://time.com/4665800/barb-actress-riverdale/ "undefined")_,_ the TV series based on the Archie comics — and DiCaprio said Perry’s kindness, along with their intimate conversation, “really affected” him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5635545/leonardo-dicaprio-luke-perry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5635545/leonardo-dicaprio-luke-perry/"},"headline":"'Struck by His Kindness.' 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