Playing a con artist in "Catch me if you can" wasn't much of a stretch for Leonardo DiCaprio.
"Acting is all about being an impostor," the 28-year-old DiCaprio told reporters Sunday in Berlin. The movie opens in Germany on Thursday.
The movie chronicles the early years of real-life grifter Frank Abagnale, who pursued conventional success and respectability through the unconventional methods of counterfeiting checks and falsifying identities.
By the time he was arrested by FBI agent Carl Hanratty, played by Tom Hanks, Abagnale had written $2.5 million in bad checks and had successfully passed himself off as an airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer. "He is a professional actor," said DiCaprio, who met Abagnale to prepare for the role. "I was immediately disarmed by his charm."