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| Leonardo DiCaprio to play Woodrow Wilson Posted: The Inception star is set to play the 28th United States president in a new biopic. Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in and produce a biopic of US President Woodrow Wilson, based on the new biography by A. Scott Berg, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. DiCaprio, 39, will produce the Warner Bros movie through his Appian Way banner along with Jennifer Davisson Killoran and Berg. Putnam Adult published Wilson to strong reviews last week. The critical acclaim was no surprise, given that author Berg won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1998 biography of Charles Lindbergh. Wilson was voted president in 1912 after running as a third-party candidate with a progressive agenda. He was re-elected in 1916 and pushed for a peace treaty following World War I. After suffering a stroke, his wife Edith handled many presidential duties during his final year in the Oval Office. DiCaprio has had a thing for historical biopics, playing J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar and Howard Hughes in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, the latter of which earned him one of his three Oscar nominations. — Reuters |
| Posted: The press-shy Robert De Niro opens up, a bit, about his latest project, Malavita. In the dark comedy Malavita, Robert De Niro plays Giovanni Manzoni, a former Mafioso who ratted out his cronies in exchange for immunity and new identity (Fred Blake) via the witness protection programme. Living in France with his wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) and two kids (Dianna Agron and John D'Leo), where they are under the protective watch of US government agent (Tommy Lee Jones), Fred tries to stick to a straight and narrow path. But old habits die hard, and the gangsters he betrayed are eager to dole out some payback. De Niro is no stranger to comedy, having achieved some of his biggest success (Analyze This, Meet The Fockers) in the third act of his career by lampooning his familiar screen image. But in Malavita, the actor seems unusually engaged, treating the role of a guy who is trying to reinvent himself as a writer but can't help but break a plumber's leg in seven places when he senses he's being ripped off. Despite his great fame and success, the notoriously press-shy actor has never been an eloquent interview subject – something he proved again recently during a brief chat via telephone from New York to promote Malavita. The character of Giovanni plays to so many of your strengths, the part feels like it was written for you. It was based on a novel called Malavita by Tonino Benacquista. (Director) Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element) told me that he had this book, la la la, that I should read it. Then there was a screenplay. Luc was only going to produce it; he didn't want to direct it. But as we were trying to figure out who could do it, we realised it had to be him. It was his vision from the beginning, really. It was a relief to me. I wasn't sure another director would get it as well as he did. You've often said in interviews that as an actor, you try to draw on real-life experiences to a character you're playing. But in this movie, you seemed to be drawing on characters you previously played in films. It looks like you're having fun. Exactly. You're right. There's a moment where the film goes meta and breaks the fourth wall. The scene could have fizzled, but instead it's fantastic, and Besson pushes it further than expected. That was a lot of fun. Luc was very specific about what he wanted from that scene. It is something so funny and crazy, we were just 'Let's do it and see what happens'. Tommy Lee Jones is a notoriously serious guy. But I have to imagine there were moments on the set when he's glaring at you and you're doing some crazy things that made him break character and laugh. I can't remember. Maybe in the scene in the cinematheque. Tommy is terrific in this. I'm glad we have him in the film. I loved how Michelle Pfeiffer was used in this movie. There is a menace to her beauty that not a lot of filmmakers have been able to use well. Yeah, yeah, exactly. We had a very good time. I wished we had more scenes together. This was the first time we've ever actually worked together, even though I've known her for a long time. Even though this is essentially a French production, it is steeped in the tradition of Hollywood gangster movies and pitch-black humour. But there's still a different feel to it. It doesn't necessarily feel like an American movie. I think that's part of what Luc brought to it, how he felt about it. He's French, but I'm sure he liked Goodfellas and many American movies. He's also a writer, so I assume that's one of the reasons he connected with my character. He was able to work with all of that and make it personal. – The Miami Herald/McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Malavita opens in cinemas nationwide Thursday. |
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