Actor Leonardo DiCaprio seemingly has it all — he even won that Oscar that had been eluding him since his late teens — so it seems a tad strange that the A-lister would want to head to Mars. But that’s precisely what he said he’s doing: joining Elon Musk’s voyage to the red planet (whenever that takes place, but so far it’s predicted for 2025).
During a talk about climate change with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, DiCaprio matter-of-factly stated that he’s volunteered to go on the $200,000-per-head trip.
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In conversation with Obama and Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist, the three discussed (what else?) climate change before watching DiCaprio’s documentary Before the Flood. According to Inverse, somehow the topic of Musk’s trip to Mars came up.
“The reality of it is, if you’re a human living on this planet — which most of us are, yeah?” Hayhoe said jokingly. “As long as we haven’t signed up for the trip to Mars. I don’t want to know if anyone has — I think you’re crazy.”
DiCaprio chimed in: “I did.”
When Hayhoe tried her best to backtrack, the president reportedly said, “I think you’ll acknowledge he’s crazy.”
After that, DiCaprio didn’t confirm whether he actually did sign up to go to Mars, or if he was making a joke.
During the same meeting, DiCaprio also said that he thinks that anyone who doesn’t believe in climate change should not hold public office.
DiCaprio brought Before the Flood to this year’s Toronto Film Festival, the first time the A-list actor has attended.
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“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 on Sept. 9.
“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.”
Before the Flood is produced by Martin Scorsese and is directed by Fisher Stevens.
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