A-list actor Leonardo DiCaprio made his Toronto Film Festival debut on Friday, walking the red carpet for his documentary, Before the Flood.
Directed by Fisher Stevens, the film chronicles DiCaprio’s campaign to raise global awareness about the dangers of climate change in his role as a UN Ambassador of Peace.
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Even film festival officials could not confirm if DiCaprio was going to appear at the Before the Flood world premiere at TIFF, but the environmental advocate showed up at what appears to be the last minute.
Needless to say, DiCaprio fans were overjoyed that he was there; they practically shut down one of the city’s main arteries (King Street West) to catch a glimpse of him. Even the actor himself promoted the movie before heading to Toronto.
“The origins of wanting to do a movie like this was to give the scientific community a voice,” DiCaprio said to the packed crowd at Princess of Wales Theatre moments before the film’s world debut.
“We’ve long ignored the prediction of the scientific community. Ninety-seven per cent of the scientific community agrees that we are contributing to the issue of climate change in such a major way that we are altering the course of the future as we know it. We’re risking not only our life on Earth, but future generations.”
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