This 1994 Clip of Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio Proves Simply How Far Again They Go

Mark Wahlberg is taking a stroll down reminiscence lane! On Thursday, the 48-year-old actor shared a throwback video on Instagram of him and pal Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of their 1994 film The Basketball Diaries. Within the movie, Leo and Mark play greatest buddies Jim Carroll and Mickey, and the clip — which was from an previous ET interview — proves simply how far again they go. “Are we buddies? Yeah, we’re buddies. Proper, Mark?” a then-19-year-old Leo asks Mark. “Associates until the tip,” Mark replies.

Regardless that the 2 appeared like shut buddies throughout the interview, Mark later opened up in 2018 about their rocky begin earlier than capturing the movie. “He did not need me for the half, and I did not assume he was proper for the half,” Mark recalled throughout the LEAP Basis convention. “We each needed to actually learn to respect one another, and we earned it.” Fortunately, Leo and Mark have been in a position to put their variations apart and are actually shut buds. The truth is, the 2 “play ball in actual life” and have an annual basketball sport at Mark’s home.