Clint Eastwood Wants Joaquin Phoenix For Hoover Biopic

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Tue, 09/21/2010 - 5:48pm

The once-retired actor would play J. Edgar Hoover's lover and protege Clyde Tolson opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Topics: biopic casting clint eastwood clyde tolson hoover biopic j. edgar hoover joaquin phoenix leonardo dicaprio

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