'I've done everything I can possibly do': Leonardo DiCaprio says an Oscar for The Revenant would be 'the icing on the cake' after being overlooked FIVE TIMES 

Leonardo DiCaprio's failed quest for Oscar success has been widely-discussed and well-documented.

Yet many believe this could finally be the incredibly talented actor's year, due to his 12-times nominated movie The Revenant, for which he insists he has done everything he can to nab the Best Actor gong.

The 41-year-old superstar spoke on This Morning about his bid for the coveted award and admitted the prize would be 'the icing on the cake' after missing out on the coveted award five times.

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Impassioned: Many believe this could finally be Leonardo DiCaprio's year at the Oscars, due to his 12-times nominated movie The Revenant, for which he insists he has done everything he can to nab the Best Actor gong.

Leo, who won Best Actor at Sunday night's Golden Globes, spoke to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about award season and when the presenting duo quizzed him on whether he would get lucky this year he responded candidly.

He said: 'I do know that it’s completely beyond my control at this point. It’s interesting, because that’s not why you do the work, you know? 

'You do the work because you love making movies and you want to look back and have a filmography that you’re proud of. 

'When you’re on set you have to give everything that you possibly can while you’re there but of course being recognised by your peers and all that other stuff that happens is kind of the cherry on the cake so to speak. 

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This the year? The 41-year-old superstar spoke on This Morning about his bid for the coveted award and admitted the prize would be 'the icing on the cake' after missing out on the coveted award five times

Chatting away: Leo, who won Best Actor at Sunday night's Golden Globes, spoke to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about award season and when the presenting duo quizzed him on whether he would get lucky this year he responded candidly

Humble: 'I’ve done everything I could possibly do,' the star explained, 'So it’s all up to you to decide whether it's worthy of being seen or talked about or awarded'

'But all the work from me has been done, I’ve done everything I could possibly do, so it’s all up to you to decide whether it's worthy of being seen or talked about or awarded.' 

The Revenant has scored 12 nominations for this year's show, with nods in the Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director categories.

The Titanic actor has previously been nominated for five Oscars, but is yet to win one - however, many fans and critics believe that 2016 will finally be the year he holds high his first golden Academy Award. 

Action-packed: This year's most-nominated film The Revenant sees the esteemed actor play Hugh Glass, a taciturn, greasy-haired 1820s fur trapper left for dead in the wilderness by his own hunting team after being mauled by a bear that rips his throat

Huge hit: The Revenant has scored 12 nominations for this year's show, with nods in the Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director categories 

This year's most-nominated film The Revenant sees the esteemed actor play Hugh Glass, a taciturn, greasy-haired 1820s fur trapper left for dead in the wilderness by his own hunting team after being mauled by a bear that rips his throat.

In a fight for survival, Glass treks through snow-covered forests, gets swept away in a waterfall, sleeps inside the carcass of a disemboweled horse and hungrily eats raw bison liver before making it back to his camp. 

Leo told Phil and Holly about the bleak experience he suffered during filming: 'It was one of the most difficult experiences for the entire crew and cast… our director wanted to really immerse us in nature and give us a documentary feel to the movie making experience. So we were in sub-zero temperatures, and in the wilderness for nine months. It was a unique adventure.'

Chatting away: Leo was happt to talk to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about award season on Thursday

Scuffle: Atop his blockbuster movies, Leo hit headlines for entirely different reasons following Sunday's Golden Globes after Lady Gaga brushed past him as she went to collect her prize for Best Actress in a Miniseries

Atop his blockbuster movies, Leo hit headlines for entirely different reasons following Sunday's Golden Globes after Lady Gaga brushed past him as she went to collect her prize for Best Actress in a Miniseries. 

Phillip said of the viral moment: 'If Lady Gaga was to walk past you or brush your arm will you look quite so surprised this time?'

Laughing Leo replied: 'We were laughing about that afterwards. I actually had no idea who was passing me or what was going on, but that was a funny little bit that went around… we were laughing at it at the after party!'