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Leonardo DiCaprio was Michael Mann's choice as James Dean in a 1990s biopic, but looked too young

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Michael Mann has revealed he wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to star in a James Dean biopic back in the 1990s, but put the project on hold because Leo looked too young for the part.In an interview with Deadline, the director, 79, explained he decided to put the project on the backburner and focus on the 1995 film Heat, starring Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer, while hoping his chosen leading man could age into the part.

The Academy Award winner described the screenplay for the Dean project and Leo's potential performance as 'brilliant.'   Biopic: Director Michael Mann revealed he wanted to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in a 1990s biopic about the late James Dean, but put the project on the back burner because the Titanic actor looked too young'And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean?

And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young. It was Leo. 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. 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.'James Dean is best known as the Rebel Without a Cause and for his Oscar nominated roles in East of Eden and Giant.

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