Also, DeCaprio is 35 years old. About the perfect age to play a biopic.
I couldn’t imagine Leo DiCaprio playing Howard Hughes in The Aviator, and he was excellent. It wasn’t long into the movie that I was seeing Howard Hughes rather than looking at DiCaprio. I wouldn’t underestimate DiCaprio; he really is a very good actor, and is able to play “physical” roles well. He is a strong man. However a bit tall to play Hoover, but I have a feeling that, like in his role in The Aviator, one will soon forget that and get wrapped up in the role Leo will play as Hoover.
Hoover was 29 when President Coolidge appointed him Director of the Bureau Of Investigation and 40 When President Roosevelt appointed him Director of the FBI when it replaced the old Bureau. DiCaprio is the right age to play a younger Hoover.