Leonardo DiCaprio has one big regret about his career.

“I’ll say it even though you’re here: My biggest regret is not doing ‘Boogie Nights,'” DiCaprio, 50, told Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed the 1997 porn epic, during an Esquire interview published Wednesday.

“It was a profound movie of my generation,” DiCaprio stated, adding, “I can’t imagine anyone but Mark [Wahlberg] in it.” 13

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The Hollywood icon told Anderson, 55, that he thought “Boogie Nights” was “a masterpiece” when he saw it for the first time.

“It’s ironic that you’re the person asking that question,” DiCaprio said to the director, “but it’s true.” 13

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DiCaprio turned down the role of Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler in “Boogie Nights” to play Jack in James Cameron’s disaster film “Titanic.”

Wahlberg, 54

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