Leo to Play George Washington for Scorsese
Scorsese’s future projects also have to count deeply. He cites the example of his next collaboration with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, a creepy thriller called The Devil in the White City. Still in the development stages, it will be based on the novel by Erik Larson, who based his tale on the chilling true-life story of a Chicago serial killer operating at the time of the 1893 World’s Fair.
Speaking of DiCaprio, but illustrating his resolve in general, Scorsese told Sun Media in a Canadian-exclusive one-on-one interview: “If we can find material that we can both agree upon, and it’s a worthwhile experience, then we will do it.”
To punctuate the thought, Scorsese adds expansively: “Especially now that the ‘while’ is getting smaller and smaller as I get older. Or shorter and short, I should say. Nobody younger understands that when you say: ‘I don’t want to spend two years of my life doing ‘this’ (if his heart is not in it).’ They don’t get it … and I didn’t get it either until I got to this point.”
So Scorsese will film The Devil in the White City with DiCaprio after he shoots The Irishman with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. That is another passion project, not least because he will be collaborating again with De Niro, a close friend since Taxi Driver 40 years ago.
Meanwhile, Scorsese is developing a biopic of George Washington called The General, with DiCaprio slated to play Washington when he leads the Americans in the War of Independence against the British. “I am fascinated by that. I don’t know, but you could spend the rest of your life doing something like that!”
Wow! Leo will play George Washington!
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