One of Hollywood’s biggest stars was advised to change name

The star of the 1987 blockbuster “Titanic” could have been an actor named Lenny Williams.

But Leonardo DiCaprio decided to stick with his original name.

DiCaprio, now one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, appeared Wednesday on the latest episode of the “New Heights” podcast and told the story of how he was once advised to change his name.

When asked about what he considered a “holy s---” moment in his career, DiCaprio told hosts Jason and Travis Kelce that when he was a child actor, he was told by an agent that his name was “too ethnic.”

“I go, ‘What do you mean? It’s Leonardo DiCaprio?’ They go, ‘No, too ethnic. They’re never going to hire you. Your new name is Lenny Williams.’

“I said, ‘What is Lenny?’ I was 12,13. I said, ‘What is Lenny Williams?’ ‘We took your middle name and we mad