Leonardo DiCaprio loves to attach himself to movies – far more than he’d ever have time to make – and now he’s seriously considering another one. The LA Times reports that he’s eyeing the lead role in Universal’s upcoming Western, The Creed of Violence, which has Todd Field (Little Children, In The Bedroom) attached to helm.
Based on the 2010 novel by Boston Teran, Creed Of Violence follows an outlaw who attempts to smuggle a cache of weapons into Mexico during that country’s revolution a hundred years ago. He is caught, and then helped by a government agent who he has a secret past with.
It seems they’re so keen on landing DiCaprio that they don’t care what role he take, as he has been offered both the role of the agent and the outlaw, but has yet to official sign on for either part. However there is a potential fly in the ointment, as the actor is already set for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, playing the owner of a sprawling ranch that employees female slaves as prostitutes, and pits male slaves in fights to the death. Whether he’d want to do two westerns close together isn’t clear.