Bell Tolls For DiCaprio

Leonardo Considering role in new Warner Bros Movie


by Willow Green |
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Superstar, Oscar nominee and lead in that little-known Jim Cameron boat film, Leonardo DiCaprio is keeping his eyes on that elusive little golden statue by planning another Oscar friendly role. He's in talks to play Robert Jordan, an idealistic American high school teacher in the adaptation of Ernest Hemmingway's classic For Whom The Bell Tolls. Not to be confused with the fantasy author of the same name, the film charts Jordan's life after he joins one of the International Brigades fighting for the Republic during the Spanish Civil War. He ends up deep in the mountains, at odds with one of the other members over loyalty, honour and (of course) a woman. The Hemmingway novel is being reworked for the big screen by Troy screenwriter David Benioff, but as yet no director has been attached to the piece, which is why Romeo

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