Confirmed: Leonardo DiCaprio's next movie is Clint Eastwood's HOOVER

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

According to The Playlist, who have read and reviewed openly gay screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's (Milk) screenplay for Clint Eastwood's biopic of former head of F.B.I. - J. Edgar Hoover, which is being fast tracked for production later this year at Warner Bros, and it's now been confirmed will star Leonardo DiCaprio...

...he's a man desperately trying to hide his true nature from the world, and from himself; while it's a slightly pat comparison, it's not unlike the second half of "Brokeback Mountain,". This life of repression is where the real emotional sting comes... The cross-dressing is hinted at in only one key scene, and in a very different manner from that which you'd expect. Without giving too much away, there's something of a Norman Bates quality about old J. Edgar... Having said that, we're glad it doesn't dominate the film €” it would risk overshadowing the rest if too much weight was put on what is, at best, an unsubstantiated rumor.

I previously mentioned the gay/cross-dressing angle was a given many moons ago.