# Leonardo DiCaprio as J Edgar Hoover-Will It Be Good?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 24, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonardo-dicaprio-as-j-edgar-hoover-will-it-be-good/597475 "2011-09-24T19:09:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonardo-dicaprio-as-j-edgar-hoover-will-it-be-good/597475/21 "2011-10-07T01:01:00Z")

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Another article on the controversy; trailer at the bottom of it. Good to see that Judi Dench will play JEH’s overbearing mom: [FBI Tells Clint Eastwood And Leonardo DiCaprio J. Edgar Hoover Not Gay, Didn't Crossdress | HuffPost Voices](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/fbi-hoover-not-gay_n_997860.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk3%7C102266)

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonardo-dicaprio-as-j-edgar-hoover-will-it-be-good/597475/22 "2011-10-07T08:01:57Z")

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Leo will be amazing. It will be well-acted, well-directed - and it will bore the piss out of me.

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