Leonardo DiCaprio hasn’t done a whole lot of Westerns in his 20-year career (1995′s The Quick and the Dead notwithstanding), that may be changing soon with a couple of new projects. Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, which would see DiCaprio in the role of villainous plantation owner Calvin Candie, and now DiCaprio is said to be eyeing an adaptation of Boston Teran‘s Western novel The Creed of Violence. Todd Field (Little Children) is attached to direct, as he has been for several years. Keep Reading For More.
Leonardo DiCaprio has been offered a lead role in the film. Although the actor has not yet made his decision, reports that DiCaprio was “eager” to tackle the project — so it seems likely he’ll accept, if he can make room for it in his busy schedule.
Set in the 1910s, the novel follows an assassin named Rawbone and a government agent named Lourdes who cross paths when Rawbone is caught smuggling weapons into Mexico. Lourdes is assigned to follow Rawbone into the criminal underbelly of Mexico in order to dig up intel, but struggles with a secret of his own about a previous connection to Rawbone. DiCaprio is apparently up for either part, though based on nothing but the Amazon synopsis of the book I’d say Lourdes seems more his speed.
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