Leonardo DiCaprio says Don’t Look Up is an ‘important’ film [Video]

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has praised the director of Don’t Look Up for “cracking the code with the narrative”.

Written and directed by The Big Short’s Adam McKay, the film offers a satirical look at the climate change crisis and misinformation.

It stars DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as astronomers whose warnings of a comet heading directly towards Earth are not taken seriously.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the film’s release, DiCaprio said: “I’ve been looking for a movie that was about this subject for decades now. This is an issue where everyone feels ultimately like what kind of difference can we make?

“What can we contribute to this cause? And Adam really cracked the code with this, with this narrative.

“There’s so many comparisons that we can make to the climate crisis with this storyline. As a whole, I think it’s probably the most important issue all of …