Dicaprio possible lead in Farragut North

In an excerpt from an article on Farragut North it reads that the screenplay has been finished and Leonardo DiCaprio is a possible for the lead part of Stephen Bellamy.

“Farragut North” developed a bit like a harum-scarum campaign. The actor Jake Gyllenhaal played Stephen in a workshop reading in 2007, and Second Stage Theater announced plans to mount it in its 2007-8 season. Then the director Mike Nichols was rumored to be interested in directing the play on Broadway, with Mr. Gyllenhaal, and the Second Stage production was scuttled. Warner Brothers acquired the film rights and brought in Mr. Clooney’s and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production companies to co-produce. The Nichols production, whether it was ever really likely, fell through; Mr. Willimon, meanwhile, finished a screenplay version for the Hollywood producers, who are continuing to develop a film project, possibly with Mr. DiCaprio as Stephen.

The complete article can be read at the Source.

George stated during his Leatherheads tour that he would be directing Farragut North at the end of this year and may take a small part in it as well.

“I am also going to direct again at the end of the year. It’s called Farragut North, about the people who run political campaigns. But I wouldn’t do a lead part. I’ve been in every film that I’ve directed (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Good Night, and Good Luck, and now Leatherheads), and that’s fine. But when you’re the lead, it’s hard to get the rhythms going.

George Mention: Leonardo DiCaprio

HOWEVER, with the emergence of this more serious self, the actor whom [Leonardo] DiCaprio appears to be emulating most is George Clooney. The star of Ocean’s Eleven makes no secret of the fact that his acting career matters to him only in so far as it gives him a platform for airing the other things that are important to him – the crisis in Sudan and US foreign policy in Africa, for example. He is successful enough to command some of the highest fees in Hollywood and rich enough to only accept roles that interest him. DiCaprio is virtually at the same stage now. (Daily Express)