Martin Scorsese Eyes Frank Sinatra Biopic With DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence

24 comments

1. Personally, I think this is a wasted opportunity to cast Ronan Farrow as Sinatra (kidding, sort of) and Alexa Davalos as Ava Gardner.

2. Who is DiCaprio going to play? The guy who ate Frank Sinatra?

3. Oh gosh, please no Dicraprio!!!

4. I hope Toby Huss plays Sinatra instead of Leo.

5. Yet another novel and unexpected casting choice from the Master of Cinema.

6. That’s a shame. I was really looking forward to the Teddy Roosevelt biopic.

7. My Way, I assume

8. Why not cast Ronan Farrow?

9. Richard Gadd or Rami would be good as FS. Why does he always uses DiCaprio?

10. What’s up with the Dicaprio hate? The guy can act, and will certainly do a good job too. Scorsese doesn’t miss that much so this sounds interesting.

11. Cate Blanchett as Sammy Davis Jr.

12. For God’s sake, someone needs to take ol’ Scorsese out behind the barn…

13. Its not that DiCaprio is bad. Hell, it’s not even that Scorsese casts him way too much (which he does imo). For me, its that someone else would probably fit the role better.

14. Run time: 4 hours, 50 minutes

15. Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr. would be perfect.

16. I thought he was making a Jesus movie? Or is this in addition to that?

17. “Sinatra might weigh only 119lbs but 19lbs of it is cock!” — Ava Gardner

18. Dude really loves Leo.

19. People on here are so mad about him casting DiCaprio but I don’t see this as the issue everyone else seems to. Scorsese has been a guiding force for DiCaprios career. Helped him not get stuck in the heartthrob trope stage Titanic had catapulted him to with Gangs of New York and helped him grow as an actor over decades now. Scorsese knows how to get the best out of him, and DiCaprio obviously respects that relationship and wants to work with the man who helps him achieve his best work.

    I dunno why we are hating when we have seen the fruits of their labour. This relationship works and works well.

20. And Tom Selleck as Magnum again to reprise Franks last appearance back in the 80s?

21. I feel the same way about Leo playing Sinatra as I did when Ridley Scott hired Joaquin Phoenix to play Napoleon: terribly miscast.

22. Wasn’t there just a post where he was gonna make a Jesus movie ?

23. At first I was like “hell no” about Jennifer playing Ava, but thinking about it for a minute, yeah… I can see it. No one can ever compare to Ava in the looks department, but I think Jennifer might be able to nail the personality.

24. I’m just done with Leo and Scorsese movies. Been done with these two for the past decade

    Leo should work with new directors