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Leonardo DiCaprio Dancing refers to a series of GIFs and reactions to a moment from the trailer for the 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Origin

On March 20th, 2019, the trailer for the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was released. In the trailer, at about 1:05, Leonardo DiCaprio can be seen doing a slight twist dancing move (shown below). Within 24 hours, the trailer received more than 8 million views.

Spread

Following the post, people began sharing a GIF of the moment. Twitter user @holly_nistorica tweeted, "A new gif is born." The post received more than 165 retweets and 1,200 likes in 24 hours (shown below).

A new gif is born pic.twitter.com/dNLqz0mht5

— holly_n (holly_nistorica) March 20, 2019

Throughout the day, others shared the GIF and screenshots of the dance, expressing their excitement for the film and DiCaprio's dancing (examples below, left and center). Some compared it to other scenes of the actor's dancing, such as his performance in the film The Wolf of Wall Street (shown below, left).

Several media outlets reported on the GIFs, including TIME,^[1] Yahoo ^[2] and more.

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