# Leo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes? This is Rich! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696 "2004-12-02T15:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/21 "2004-12-02T21:12:37Z")
The thing about Hughes’ early years was, the Pussy Fairy waved her magic wand over that guy’s life – he had a LOT of “girlfriends,” some of them famous and some of them just wannabes, but if the film pays sufficient attention to the hot lady parade, and what sane director wouldn’t make that happen? – should make for a fun film. 'Course, Scorsese has never been all that interested in sexy stuff, so … we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/22 "2004-12-02T21:30:57Z")
I’ll probably see the film, abd I wonder f they movie will cover the WWII years…Hughes had some very interesting ideas (the twin-boom fighter plane which he crashed) and the famous “Spruce Goose” transport plane. I’d really like to see this stuff. Of course, you can only cover so much stuff in a movie. One question: there was a PLAYBOY article in the 1980’s, of an interview witha guy who had been an associate of Howard Hughes…he repeated the stories about Hugh’s weirder later years. Supposedly, Hughes always had the same dessert every night-a bowl of Baskin-Robbins french vanlla ice cream. Somewhere ina freezer of a Las Vegas hotel kitchen, is several tons of this ice cream! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/23 "2004-12-02T21:39:04Z")
If you want to see an Howard Hughes biog, but can’t can’t stand Lenny, then would [Tommy Lee Jones](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075670/) be better? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/24 "2004-12-02T21:58:52Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I’ll probably see the film, abd I wonder f they movie will cover the WWII years. According to the reviews I’ve read, the film only covers the years between 1922-1948. So it does cover WWII (and the Spruce Goose is in the film too) but it doesn’t really cover anything _after_ WWII. No crazy old coot pissing jars at the end. The reviews do say, however, that the film shows’ Hugh’s obsessive behaviors in their early stages and shows somewhat how they began to posess him and control his life. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/25 "2004-12-03T00:03:26Z")
This movie sounds like the interesting tale of a guy who had it all and then lost it all – what’s not to like? Plus I wanna see Cate Blanchett as Kate Hepburn. She can do anything! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/26 "2004-12-03T00:22:24Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Plus I wanna see Cate Blanchett as Kate Hepburn. She can do anything! Can she win four Oscars? Huh? _Huh?_ ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/27 "2004-12-03T00:22:51Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > This movie sounds like the interesting tale of a guy who had it all and then lost it all – what’s not to like? Plus I wanna see Cate Blanchett as Kate Hepburn. She can do anything! Dammit, now I have to see this movie. I really cannot stand DiCaprio. I think he is a brilliant and nuanced _physical_ actor, but every time he opens his mouth… the dialogue is ruined for me. I’ll have to rent it to see Blanchett as Hepburn though. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/28 "2004-12-03T00:41:46Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Supposedly, Hughes always had the same dessert every night-a bowl of Baskin-Robbins french vanlla ice cream. How is that weird? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/29 "2004-12-03T01:18:31Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > No crazy old coot pissing jars at the end. Burns: Smithers, draw me a bath! Cut my finger nails! And take these boxes off of my feet! Smithers: And the jars of urine? Burns: Oh, we’ll hang on to those. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/30 "2004-12-03T01:33:09Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Can she win four Oscars? Huh? _Huh?_ By the time Hepburn was Blanchett’s current age, she only had one Oscar, so Cate’s not too far behind the pace (though those autumn years will have to be golden…) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/31 "2004-12-03T02:05:44Z")
I’ve been vociferously lobbying for DeCaprio to star in a biopic about [Orson Welle’s in his _Mercury Theatre_ days](http://www.pipaclub.com.ar/Fotos_Fumadores/fumador-orsonwelles.jpg). He’s got the [right sort of face](http://www.goldenbeaus.com/l_dicaprio/leo_dicaprio_front.jpg), he’s a terrific talent, and there’s plenty of interesting material there to base a picture around. I don’t care if twentysomethings think of Orson Welles as a bloated freak who sold frozen peas and plonk – and as it happens I think a lot of 'em would be _fascinated_ by the movie, if it were to be done properly. The same rationale applies to a flick about Mr. Hughes. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/32 "2004-12-03T02:06:50Z")
D_i_Caprio. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Sparky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Saint\_Sparky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Sparky)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/33 "2004-12-03T02:34:57Z")
I have read a couple of biographies on Howard Hughes and it stated that he had a couple of affairs with men in the 30s (even though he remained a complete homophobe), the most famous being Cary Grant. Is this picture going to even touch on that? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/34 "2004-12-03T06:57:09Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I’ve been vociferously lobbying for DeCaprio to star in a biopic about Orson Welle’s in his _Mercury Theatre_ days What’s with the apostrophe? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/35 "2004-12-03T07:07:27Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > This movie sounds like the interesting tale of a guy who had it all and then lost it all – what’s not to like? Plus I wanna see Cate Blanchett as Kate Hepburn. She can do anything! Piffle. I’d rather see Kate Winslet do Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/36 "2004-12-03T07:12:24Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Piffle. I’d rather see Kate Winslet do Hepburn. I’d like to see Kate Winslet do Cate Blanchett. [Spankity, spankity] ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/37 "2004-12-03T07:16:10Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I’ve been vociferously lobbying for DeCaprio to star in a biopic about [Orson Welle’s in his _Mercury Theatre_ days](http://www.pipaclub.com.ar/Fotos_Fumadores/fumador-orsonwelles.jpg). I just can’t see that at all. He may have the look, but the voice? All wrong. DiCaprio will always seem like a kid to me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/38 "2004-12-03T07:32:10Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > What’s with the apostrophe? 😕 That would be a typo. **spooje** , I think Leo could pull off Orson Welles’ voice without too much of a stretch. It’s not terribly nuanced. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/39 "2004-12-03T07:50:50Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > **spooje** , I think Leo could pull off Orson Welles’ voice without too much of a stretch. It’s not terribly nuanced. 😃 It was deep and had presence. Much like James Earl Jones’ voice. DiCaprio sounds like…well… a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696/40 "2004-12-03T07:57:28Z")
Heres my idea: Kiefer Sutherland loops his dialog. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leo-dicaprio-as-howard-hughes-this-is-rich/277696.md?page=3)