After rave reviews for his portrayal as the troubled Jay Gatsby in THE GREAT GATSBY, Leonardo DiCaprio already has his next role secured and it’s totally unlike anything we expected of him!
DiCaprio has reportedly signed on to play legendary Russian mystic, Rasputin, in an upcoming biopic. Warner Brothers has already bought the rights to the screenplay and is eying DiCaprio for the lead role. DiCaprio himself is keenly interested in the role about the confidant to the Romanov Russian royal family.
Historians have a divided opinion of Rasputin with some claiming him to be a womanizer with too much power. Rasputin is rumoured to have had an affair with and very strong mental hold on Russian tsarina, Alexandra. It was rumours of this affair that led to murder attempts on Rasputin.