The magic formula for any beautiful straight actor to win an Oscar is to go ugly or go gay. Charlize Theron. Sean Penn. And now, perhaps, Leonardo DiCaprio?
The actor, whoâs been twice nominated for best actor Oscars (The Aviator, Blood Diamond) and once for best supporting (Whatâs Eating Gilbert Grape), is going gay in Clint Eastwoodâs J. Edgar, written by Dustin Lance Black. Heâll be smooching up on The Social Networkâs Armie Hammer, promises Black. âYes, certainly thereâs a relationship between these two guys,â says Black. âAnd it wouldnât be a Dustin Lance Black script if it didnât have a little gay kissing in it. So the answer is yes. ⌠Those who want to see that will be pleased. I think itâs done in a very tender way, surprisingly.â
And while Black has previously said DiCaprio wonât be cross-dressing in the flick (because he found no evidence the late FBI director actually wore womenâs clothing), heâs now playing the ambiguity card about the possibility (âI gottaâ leave something for you to buy a ticket forâ). But for DiCaprio, the chance to play gay will undoubtedly show off the actorâs ârange,â or whatever it is the Academy looks for when picking their winners.
With J. Edgar now filming and set to be released in 2012, weâll have to wait until February 2013 to find out if going gay clinches Leoâs long-sought statue.
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Matt
Leonardo DiCaprio is not straight.
justiceontherocks
@Matt: besides that, only three times has the Best Actor Oscar gone to a guy playing gay: Hanks, Penn, and Hoffman. Statistcally he’d have a better chance playing a soldier or a cowboy.
Chad
lol@ straight soldiers and cowboys
Jes
Leo has already played a gay (total eclipse) and he didn’t win.
Owen
Leo is a bear chaser from way back, though I do believe he is bisexual in his pursuits. Female Models and/or gay male bears is apparently where he lives.
Oprah
I am NOT going to watch it. J.Edgar Hoover was an ugly Shrek.How can Dicaprio ‘ugly’ himself up to play Hoover? Seriously–with that pretty,perfectly chiseld specimen of a face?It is impossible. He would not be believable, i dont care how talented he is or how hard he works at it.I suggest Kevin James play him. đ
Jeffree
I could swear I’ve seen a photo of Hoover in a dress!
@Oprah: Charlize Theron convincingly played a very ugly woman for that movie [was it Monster’s Ball? ugh, I forget] even though she’s beautiful. Great makeup & good acting can work wonders, even for (doughy, pasty face) DiCaprio.
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It takes all tastes to make a world, but I think he was laughably *bad* in Titanic & that his head looks like a overcooked dumpling, lol.
Oprah
My dear Jeffree–no amount of make up or creativity can come up with Hoovers large shrek neck, or and his nose. My goodness the mere thought of it, sends shivers down my booty.
Tom
these Hollywood writers need a history lesson from qualified historians who studied Hoover. There are enough of documented sources to support the claim the Hoover was more of an occasional cross-dresser when he was drunk than a classic gay guy bonking men everywhere.
RR
uh…..i’m sorry but i don’t think leo’s STRAIGHT! he’s supposed to be BI or GAY to most everyone i talk to in the hollywood circles and i live in LA. i hope not but that’s what everyone says that has worked with him on sets, etc… too bad… what a waste.
in any regards, i love eastwood as a director and actor so maybe the movie will be good. i think he should have been nominated (eastwood) for that movie he recently made about living next to an asian family. that was an amazing movie but liberal hollywood couldn’t get it.
i don’t think this will be the one for dicaprio if any of the are going to be the one. he’s just not popular with the academy voters. he’s supposed to be a pompous rude jerk in real life and that doesn’t help you get votes !
RR
@Matt:
DUH~! đ
shaktishiva
you guys should read marjorie garber’s visa versa…the social construct of gay/straight is more of a US past 50years concept