Leo DiCaprio, Still Hunting For Oscar, Will Play Woodrow Wilson In New Biopic

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Leonardo DiCaprio, like any movie star/actor working in the pictures, probably wants an Oscar. And in truth, he’s given plenty of deserving performances (and should have won for The Aviator.)  This year’s The Wolf of Wall Street will likely be another that gets him attention but not enough to get him across the finish line first.

Still, DiCaprio knows how to pick his roles and he knows which directors to work with. Someday it’ll happen, right?

Well in his latest Oscar grab, DiCaprio will play President Woodrow Wilson in the biopic Wilson, based on the recently release biography by A. Scott Berg.

Wilson isn’t the flashiest President one could play, but the man instituted a progressive agenda that he gets little credit for today. Most people think of FDR or LBJ when it comes to progressive domestic policy, but it was Wilson who first instituted a graduated federal income tax. Say what you will about achievements like New Deal and the Voting Rights Act, but Wilson’s politics made those changes possible. He truly redefined the relationship between the government and citizens.

ANYWAY, enough with the history. But it’s worth noting that re-visiting this progressive president in an era where progressive politics are returning to the fore, Leo could have a winner this time.