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Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:33 AM

Leonardo DiCaprio: How Well Can He Evoke Sinatra?

Sarah Ball

 

Photos, revolutionaryroadmovie.com (left); David F. Smith / AP (right).

If the sight of Leo in Revolutionary Road is any indication--the period fedoras, the stream of martinis, the Sinatra-esque, slicked-back hair--we think he'll (potentially) do just fine. Depending on his pipes.

Whence this speculation? From the news this morning that Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will helm a long-anticipated biopic of the singer, to be backed by Mandalay and Universal Pictures. (If you haven't seen the last four Scorsese films, the connect-the-dots point here is that DiCaprio has starred in all of them--Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed and this October's Shutter Island all tally DiCaprio as a lead).

Amazingly, this is the first bigscreen picture to tackle Sinatra's life. Our blind faith in the Marty-and-Leo tag team has us pumped (should the latter land the gig) -- but what do you think?

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Posted By: sms29s66 (May 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM)

Is he going to protray the young Sinatra?  If so, he'll need to lose a lot of weight!