Looks like Clint Eastwood has his eye on Martin Scorsese's regular collaborator, as Leonardo DiCaprio is in early talks to star as FBI founder J Edgar Hoover in Dyson. Sorry, Hoover. That would make more sense.
It seems only natural, after working with the likes of Steven Spielberg and Marty that Clint would be on Leo’s list to collaborate with, and Eastwood wants him for the biopic written by Milk’s Dustin Lance Black.
Hoover, of course, was the complicated figure celebrated for launching the FBI and changing the face of crime-fighting in America, but who was then vilified for using the newborn agency to dig up dirt on political enemies and anyone he took a personal dislike to.
And allegations have always floated about his cross-dressing tendencies, which did little to help his reputation despite decades as the FBI’s chief.
But Leo isn’t ordering a dress just yet - the deal hasn’t been signed. “It sounds interesting to say the least,” DiCaprio tells EW. “There’s no contract, no anything, but I’m a huge fan of Clint’s.” Match made in heaven, or bad idea? Whaddya think?