Since winning an Oscar for The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio has remained away from the spotlight¹ somewhat, having starred in absolutely nothing since early 2016.

 

自从凭借《荒野猎人》收获奥斯卡奖后，小李子莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥就一直远离聚光灯，2016年初开始就没有演过任何戏。

 

Things are somewhat more underway now, the actor scheduled to appear in Martin Scorsese's adaption of Killers² of the Flower Moon and next year's The Black Hand (which is still in pre-production).

 

DiCaprio now has another production underway; playing Leonardo da Vinci an adaptation of Walter Isaacson's biopic on the legendary³ artist.

 

According to Deadline, Paramount⁴ has beaten out Universal for the rights to the adaptation, spending into seven figures. DiCaprio will produce alongside under his Appian Way banner.

 

DiCaprio was actually named after Da Vinci, the actor's mother having felt her in utero son kick for the first time as she examined one of his artworks at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

 

When reviews eventually come out for the biopic, expect numerous commentators⁵ to remark ‘this was the role DiCaprio was born to play'.

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