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Leonardo DiCaprio <\/strong><\/a>is not on great terms with Margot Robbie<\/strong><\/a> these days. Although the former costars were friendly in the past, he\u2019s been pouring cold water on her success with Barbie<\/em> and moaning that he created a monster, a source exclusively tells Life & Style.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMargot went from being Leo\u2019s discovery and prodigy 10 years ago in The Wolf of Wall Str<\/em>eet to being his biggest direct competition in 2023 and the irony isn\u2019t lost on him,\u201d the insider spills. \u201cAs great as Barbie has been for the whole industry with getting people back to movie theaters, that\u2019s not the kind of movie Leo likes to make. He thought it was massively overrated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Amid Barbie\u2019s<\/em> success<\/a>, Leo, 49, starred in 2023\u2019s Killers of the Flower Moon<\/strong>, directed by Martin Scorsese<\/strong>. \u201cIt was especially frustrating after the years of work [they] put into the movie, which got buried and nothing near the credit [Leo] felt it deserved,\u201d the source continues. \u201cSo it\u2019s annoying that people are constantly asking him about Barbie<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Competing with Barbie during awards season<\/a> was \u201csomething Leo never envisioned while he was fighting to get this movie made,\u201d according to the source. \u201cIt\u2019s his worst nightmare that Margot, of all people, is behind it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Margot\u2019s breakout movie role was in 2013\u2019s The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em> alongside Leo. They reunited in 2019\u2019s Once Upon a Time\u2026 in Hollywood<\/em>. While promoting the latter film, the A-listers expressed their mutual admiration for each other.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOn Wolf of Wall Street<\/em>, seeing Margot come in and read that [water-throwing] scene with me, I just knew I was witnessing a dynamic presence in cinema that was about to be,\u201d Leo admitted. \u201cScorcese and myself were blown away by how much she gave back to the scene, fought back. And we both immediately knew she was going to have an incredible career.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Margot, 33, added, \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it happened the first time. Then when I went to work with Leo again it was kind of ridiculous.\u201d In a separate interview, she referred to Leo as an \u201cincredible actor,\u201d and admitted that he\u2019s also a \u201creally awesome\u201d person.<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, starring in opposing movies later in their careers has seemingly taken a toll. However, neither movie won big at the Oscars: Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em> took home no awards, while Barbie<\/em> only won for Best Original Song. Instead, Oppenheimer<\/em> dominated the night.<\/span><\/p>\n After their busy years, Margot and Leo are both continuing to work. She\u2019s returning to the big screen in 2025 as the star of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey<\/em>, which is currently filming, while also continuing to work as a producer.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEveryone\u2019s like, \u2018Are you having a break?\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018You do know I\u2019m a producer, right? We don\u2019t get a break. I also think everyone\u2019s probably sick of the<\/a> sight of me for now. I should probably disappear from screens for a while. Honestly, if I did another movie too soon, people would say, \u2018Her again? We just did a whole summer with her. We\u2019re over it.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n