Highlights

• Lily Gladstone praised Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro for their talent and impact on her own performance.
• The Oscar-nominated actress admired her young co-stars for their honesty and skill.
• Despite rumors and allegations, DiCaprio's successful Hollywood career continues to flourish.

Leonardo DiCaprio has developed a notorious reputation for dating much-younger women, especially those in their early 20s, with one model recently making a variety of eyebrow raising allegations about the actor and his bedroom preferences.

Nevertheless, not all the women in Leo’s life have negative things to say about him, as Lily Gladstone recently described how privileged she felt to star alongside DiCaprio in another movie.

What Lily Gladstone Said About Working With DiCaprio

"Each one of those kids, when I was blessed enough to be in the scenes with them, they upped my performance,” she told PEOPLE, using “kids” to refer to her co-stars.

The Oscar-nominated actress previously worked with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro on the critically acclaimed Killers of the Flower Moon, explaining she was in awe of working with such well-regarded actors.

“Walking out of working with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, the scene partners that have terrified me the most in the last couple of years have been these kids because they're so good. They don't lie," she continued.

Gladstone didn’t comment directly on the recent allegations made about DiCaprio (who has also stayed silent on them). But she made it clear that she’s grateful for the opportunity star alongside him.

Despite his dating reputation, Leo has enjoyed one of the most successful careers in Hollywood. He’s acted in acclaimed films like Titanic (1997), Inception (2010), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and The Revenant (2015). He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Revenant, as well as Golden Globe Awards for The Aviator (2004) and The Wolf of Wall Street.

What A Young Model Recently Said About Leo

Still, there have been questions about if and when his reputation will catch up to him. Leo made headlines for the wrong reason when 22-year old model Hieke Koning described an encounter with him as well as rumors she’s heard about how he treats the young women he takes home.

“It was in a secret club in LA, one where you only get in by invitation. I saw him sitting there in his black hoodie and black cap and we made eye contact,” she told Dutch Playboy, explaining how Leo allegedly tried to take her home.

“It was okay, but definitely not the best I’ve had,” she said of kissing him, though she turned down his advance to go home.

“He reacted very shocked. Of course he wasn’t used to it. When I said I didn’t know him well enough, he responded sweetly. I respect that,” she went on. “Whereupon he turned to another girl and took her home.”

As for what she’s heard about DiCaprio from others, Koning alleged, “One friend said he kept his earphones in during sex because he didn’t want to hear her. And another said he even put a pillow on her head. No, Leo is too weird and too old.”

DiCaprio hasn’t publicly acknowledged the accusations.