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See Leonardo DiCaprio As Hoover In Eastwood's J. EDGAR!!
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SplashNews photos of Leonardo DiCaprio in character as J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood's new film about, well, J. Edgar Hoover.
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Meanwhile, OnLocationNews has other DiCaprio images from a night shoot for the same film. You can find them HERE.
Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Judi Dench, Ken Howard and Ed Wwestwick will join DiCaprio in the biopic
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Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Eastwood's a little late jumping on the popstar du jour bandwagon, isn't he? I like DiCaprio, but he does NOT have much of a physical presence, and looks nothing like neither Hoover, nor Howard Hughes. There are PLENTY of older actors that can do the acting job and fulfill the physical requirements.
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I was hoping for something a bit more Alex Ross but it's great
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land of Moreau!
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...I mean, THAT'S what we want to see, right?
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GABBA GABBA!
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SHITTER ISLAND.<p> Now THAT'S a scat porn film waiting to be made.
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If I change my name to Shakun Bake, can I be a movie star too?
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did clint run this by nolen?
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Feb. 9, 2011, 1:27 p.m. CST
It's Leo DiCaprio in Public Enem...errr...J Edgar!!!
by openthepodbaydoorshal
Well at least they were smart enough not to call it Hoover. "HOOVER SUCKS" "HOOVER BLOWS" "HOOVER CLEANS PET HAIR FROM HARD TO REACH ARREAS" Don't forget to tip your waitstaff and the special tonight is veal..
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Just because he's a former McCain supporter, I hope Eastwood's not going to cop out on Hoover's documented double life as a closeted (but quite active) gay man.
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Feb. 9, 2011, 1:30 p.m. CST
Not bad, he looks like a bigoted, self-hating, closeted homosexual mulatto to me...
by thecomedian
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Cross dressing is not. At least according to the screenplay writer. Aaaand, Edgar-Leo's lover will be played by none other than Armie Hammer!
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Fiscally conservative -- socially liberal. That's my Dirty Harry.
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http://tinyurl.com/5r78qn8
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http://tinyurl.com/5r78qn8
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Don't forget 'The Beach'. That movie was utterly terrible.
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Sold
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I couldn't agree more.
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J. Edgar. Leo looks alright.
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Just like Hoover.......
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Hence- no marriage or benefits.
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Issue: resolved.
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I'm assuming you boys are being ironic.
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That was actually really funny! Well done, old boy. There's hope for you yet!
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but lets not get carried away.
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Wow. It makes me forget that I'm looking at J. Edgar Hoover, as he looks sooo much like DiCaprio. I havent seen casting this inspired since Will Smith took on Robert Conrads role in "WILD WILD WEST."
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It kinda looks like Leo is playing Tom Hanks.
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THAT'S COMMITMENT, PEOPLE! C'mon, Mann took a load of crap for casting Billy Crudup as Hoover. And as someone said, DiCaprio's on a roll. And he's a good actor. Scorcese seems to agree.
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I would have been better, admit it. However, Leo is good. Leo is really good. I got to give it up to the kid.
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Feb. 9, 2011, 4:42 p.m. CST
What kinda sucks though is DiCaprio continues his run of
by openthepodbaydoorshal
dark, conflicted individuals. He needs to lighten up, ala Catch Me If You Can. Watch that movie again, and see the joy in his performance that's missing in all the heavy roles he's choosing one-after-another.
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Feb. 9, 2011, 4:42 p.m. CST
On Second thought: Do you honestly think that if I could be in What About Bob that a simple J Edgar film would be out of reach? Even today?
by Willis
This is the Bull we're talking about here. Bill the Bull fucking Murray. The fucking is for your closest female relative, and it was weeks ago. Too late, pal. YOURS TRULY, BILL MURRAY
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Anyway that's my theory on why the idiots don't allow it. But in reality it would generate state income from florists, divorce lawyers, etc
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How it all began... http://tinyurl.com/68wdx2b
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was picked to be the head of the FBI because he was a homo! The real mafia in this country, the Wall Street/D.C. Bankster Mafia, needed somebody they could control in the Justice Department's Bureau of Investigation. So they put in some 29 year old kid that they had pictures of playing the skin flute. For 37 years their puppet spied on and collected dirt on politicians, high ranking officials, and private citizens; covered up political assassinations; and investigated, infiltrated and suppressed domestic political dissent. But the FBI went after organized crime you say. Gay J. barely even admitted to the existence of organized crime until he was forced to by Robert Kennedy and we all know want happened to him. The FBI was founded as and still is today America's secret political police force there to protect the Banksters that really own the country from its increasingly pissed off citizens. I doubt old Clint is going to put that in his new movie.
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You do know that the whole gay/cross-dressing thing is widely considered to be a myth by experts, right?
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This is not from J. Edgar. It's from the sequel to What's Eating Gilbert Grape. This is right before Arnie's annual water tower climb.
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Yeth?
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HAHA! GET DOWN FROM THERE ARNIE!!! Depp replaced by Skeet Ulrich since Depp they he doesn't play normal people anymore.
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Yeah, I'm on same page as you. Except for a couple of earlier films, Leo has had incredible luck with scripts and has been lucky to befriend such directors as Nolan and Scorcese. They have helped him tremendously. None so much as James Cameron. Without Titanic, the crap he did right after could have sunk his career. Thank GOD he didn't play Anakin Skywalker as rumored.
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Who does he think he is? Matt Damon?
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He sure as shit doesn't look like him, but I'm sure he'll nail the character. Nail. hahaha
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I salute you. /..
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Feb. 9, 2011, 7:30 p.m. CST
DiCaprio always plays the same person in his movies
by Tarantinos_Forehead
Even in "Gilbert Grape"
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Benicio del Toro!
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but that was a decent fliq imo. Don't know how accurate it was, but I remember spending Christmas 2004 watching it, and it helped me forget that my house was filled with idiots for about 3 hours.
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Or have I invented that in my mind? I seem to remember that, and many of us geeky types hated the idea because it was still sorta close to Titanic, and we saw him as the over-hyped pretty boy actor. And maybe that he was a bit old. Looking back on the casting, and seeing what kind of actor he's become, I realize that coulda vastly improved Eps 2 and 3.
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Howard Hughes? ;-)
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I was thinking the exact same thing recently. And I remember hearing those rumours too. In hindsight would love to have seen Leo in Eps 2 and 3 now. He's become one of my favourite actors after some great movies and performances. I guess he's always been a really good actor and been in good flicks, just the whole "teen idolising" thing that came with Titanic put me off him a bit. Totally not his fault though. I LOVE YOU LEO!!!!! Wonder what those fangirls think of him now?
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Feb. 9, 2011, 11:23 p.m. CST
I remember a couple of fake Episode II trailers featuring DiCaprio
by Yaroh_Meringue
Ah, the pre-YouTube internet. The Leo pic looks good. I'll probably see this because I'm a sucker for '20s-'30s period pieces.
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correct
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Which makes a change for old J E H
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he did fuck all, really.
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But Lucas wanted to upstage Cameron after Titanic. He was obsessed with it, watch the behind-the-scenes Episode I (no, don't really) And there's no way he'd want a success that people could just point and say is due to Titanic
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Feb. 10, 2011, 4:19 a.m. CST
"You do know that the whole gay/cross-dressing thing is widely considered to be a myth by experts, right?"
by buggerbugger
When did that ever stop Hollywood? I say put him in a dress and turn myth into fact! Hell, give Hoover a whole walk-in closet full of dresses. And shoes. Racks and racks of shoes. With really high heels.
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Was there ever any real evidence other than rumors? How come hundreds of gay Cuban servant boys didn't tell their story after he died? For such a wild homo with crazy cross-dressing parties, etc. there never seemed to be any real proof other than his enemies calling him a fag.
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Performance in Shutter island was pretty much the sam one he gave in Inception: same charcater, same motivations, some expressive range, same problems. He gives the strong impression of thinking that this stone-faced thing make him literally a more serious actor, more grown-up (a early preoccupation of his). Oh and though the cross-dressing is largely unsubstantiated gossip, the fact that a man spend his entire domestic life unmarried and with the same other man counts as more than just gossip. the gay thing and the cross-dressing thing are NOt the same: the cross-dressing thing was a rumor that grew out of people observing his very clear devotion to Clive Tolson, who inherited all his wealth and received the fag that draped Hoover's casket. Hoover was probably one of those very repressed, very outwardly homophobic gay men who are too terrified of their own sexuality to have anything like a normal healthy sexual relationship with anybody, Hitler was the same: not a proper heterosexual at all, nor a homosexual just, as he has been memorably described: 'a menacing cloud of ambiguous sexuality bearing down on a succession of aguvhe young women'.
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I agree with whoever said he needs to lighten up. He is becoming known for being all grim and serious. I wonder if he's still trying to make sure no one sees him as the pretty boy actor type. Johnny Depp was insistent on not becoming that kind of actor, but at least he does comedic roles. Have a little fun on screen, Leo.
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Dorthi Fox in Woody Allen's Bananas.
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If he keeps it up, his head's gonna split in half.
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I remember all of those rumors too guys but if you think that Leo would have made a better Anakin then Hayden, I definitely beg to differ. Hayden's voice may sound like a whiny baby sometimes but can you imagine Leonardo Dicrapio playing that role? Fucking come on guys! He just plays himself in every fucking movie that he is in.
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I double dog corpse dare ya. Come on. You know you really want to. Do it for Ol' Choppie!
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Feb. 10, 2011, 3:35 p.m. CST
Joseph Gordon Levitt for Anakin and Zooey Deschanel for Padme
by THE_CHOPPAH
Revenge of the Summer
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Awesome, another movie where Leonardo DiCaprio plays Leonardo DiCaprio. *sigh* Why can't Hollywood get this? Why do people keep thinking this guy's a great actor? People call Stallone a meathead and wooden but he's got twice the range of Leo. I know people keep going on about Basketball Diaries and Gilbert Grape but they're about the equivalent of his Copland and Leo's never done anything that could touch Sly's performance in the original Rocky. I think to be a good actor you gotta be able to show some emotion, some truth. Make you feel something while disappearing into a role. Kinda like Bale in The Fighter. But how can you do that when you're always just playing the same person from movie to movie. Heck someone I'm not even sure is the real Leo and not some publicist's creation.
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