Academy Award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio enjoys a massive fan following across the globe and has voiced out against various environmental issues on several occasions over the years. He also established a non-profit organization, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998, aimed at promoting environmental awareness. The superstar had in his Oscar-winning speech too spoken about the various issues plaguing our planet such as climate change and has this time taken to his social media to shed light on the water scarcity crisis that has hit Chennai by re-sharing a BBC News article.

Leonardo DiCaprio Chennai Water Crisis

Leonardo DiCaprio Chennai Water Crisis

The water crisis has taken a toll on the people of Chennai as many offices instructed their employees to work from their homes and students were sent back to their homes by the schools after functioning for half a day. DiCaprio speaking out about the Chennai water crisis is reminiscent to his Best Actor award speech at the 2016 Oscars ceremony where he stated, "Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people out there who would be most affected by this. For our children's children, and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed."

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Leonardo DiCaprio has produced several documentary films that lay emphasis on environmental issues and climate change. As for his upcoming film, he will be next be seen in the highly-anticipated character comedy drama, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, hitting theatres worldwide on July 26, 2019.

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