As we already know, the actor won’t be playing the famed murderer, though, instead taking on the role of as-yet-unnamed “ageing actor”.
Around 1969, the actor’s guesting on other people’s shows and contemplating going to Italy where low-budget Westerns are all the buzz.
Leonardo DiCaprio has been absent from cinema screens for just over two years, last appearing in The Revenant for which the actor won an Oscar. DiCaprio’s next major project looks to be the upcoming Quentin Tarantino movie, one that will feature the Charles Manson murders as a backdrop.
Unfortunately for the character, his transition to movies doesn’t work out.