Having an A-lister like Leonardo DiCaprio as your friend doesn't hurt ... it as a favor to Leo — but when they were doing Great Gatsby, I had just come off of The Lucky One ...

In Baz Luhrmann's new adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," Leonardo DiCaprio’s Gatsby seems more menacing and violent, more obviously a gangster than his well-mannered literary progenitor.

Having an A-lister like Leonardo DiCaprio as your friend doesn't hurt ... it as a favor to Leo — but when they were doing Great Gatsby, I had just come off of The Lucky One ...

The moment comes 38 seconds into the trailer. As a lavish party explodes around him, Leonardo DiCaprio’s perfectly coiffed, cocksure Jay Gatsby raises a glass of bubbly to toast his glorious self — ...