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Leonardo DiCaprio Was Almost Cast As James Dean In A Biopic

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Leonardo DiCaprio almost played one of Hollywood’s iconic legends on the big screen. In an interview with Deadline about his new novel Heat 2, director Michael Mann reveals he once had plans to adapt James Dean’s life into a biopic.

He even had his leading man in mind – a young DiCaprio. “That was so weird about James Dean. It was a brilliant screenplay. And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean?” recalled Mann. “And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young.” READ MORE: Audrina Patridge Reflects On How ‘The Hills’ Affected Romance With Chris Pine, Claims Past Flirtations With Leonardo DiCaprio And Chace Crawford They even got as far in the process as a screen test with DiCaprio with mixed results. “We did a screen test that’s quite amazing.

I think he must’ve been 19 at the time. And from one angle, he totally had it with him. I mean, it’s brilliance,” said Mann. “He would turn his face in one direction and we see a vision of James Dean, and then he’d turn his face another direction and it’s no, that’s a young kid.” Dean was 24 at the time of his death in 1955.

Joking about the unfinished project, the director put the blame on DiCaprio. “I found the absolutely perfect act of the play, in about three years from that,” he added. “[DiCaprio] respectfully undid the James Dean bio for me.” Mann would go on to helm “Heat” in 1995 and DiCaprio would work on “The Basketball Diaries”. READ MORE: Amy Schumer Says Leonardo DiCaprio Knew About Oscars Joke Ahead Of Time The 47-year-old actor once spoke about the screen test in a Deadline interview in 2016. “I did a screen test with him, I think I was 18.

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