Air America beta radio has mentioned last friday an unauthorized documentary about Leonardo DiCaprio’s life.You’re probably wondering, “What is this, the 90s?” In a way, yes. All of the footage featured in “Hangin’ With Leo” looks like it’s from the late 1990s, when DiCaprio was riding the wave of “Titanic” ending up on “The Beach.” If you would like [...]
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Ben Affleck set to join Leonardo DiCaprio in Sydney for Great Gatsby talks
Posted By Marcie on April 8th, 2011
HOLLYWOOD star Ben Affleck may be about to join Leonardo DiCaprio Down Under, with the actor in talks to join the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby, Deadline reported Thursday.
Affleck is expected to play Tom Buchanan in the movie based on the literary classic of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Tom Buchanan - originally portrayed by Bruce Dern in the 1974 film - is the husband of Daisy, who will be played by British actress Carey Mulligan in the new movie to be filmed in Sydney.
DiCaprio will star as leading character Jay Gatsby, originally played by Robert Redford.
The film will reunite Australian director Luhrmann and DiCaprio, marking their first collaboration since Romeo + Juliet in 1996.
The Warner Bros-backed project is to be filmed at Sydney’s Fox Studio’s making it the first live-action 3D movie shot in the state of New South Wales, according to earlier reports.
Filming for the new movie is expected to begin in August and last 17 weeks.
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au
