DiCaprio Plays Teddy Roosevelt
DiCaprio and Scorsese make movie number four together,where DiCaprio plays the youngest person to assume presidency, TeddY Roosevelt.
Former "Romeo" star, Leonardo DiCaprio, will play Teddy Roosevelt in Martin Scorsese's upcoming film.
DiCaprio played an aviation pioneer, Howard Hughes, in Martin Scorsese's last film, "The Aviator," where both DiCaprio and Scorsese received Oscar nominations for their work in the movie.
The film adaptation of the Roosevelt story would make the collaboration between DiCaprio and Scorsese, the fourth. The two currently are working on "The Departed," a remake of the Hong Kong crime drama "Infernal Affairs."
Paramount Pictures said on Monday it has optioned rights to the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the 26th U.S. president, "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt," by Edmund Morris. Scorsese will direct and DiCaprio will star in the title role.
A spokeswoman for the Viacom Inc.-owned studio said that screenwriter Nicholas Meyer, will adapt the book for the big screen, "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt," by Edmund Morris.
