In pursuit of the Oscar: DiCaprio wants to play Putin

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The famous Hollywood actor, a five-time Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio would like to play the role of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He said this in an interview with the German edition World on Sunday.

“It would be very, very interesting to play Putin, I would love to do it,” said the actor.

According to him, he personally met with the head of the Kremlin several years ago in St. Petersburg at the Amur Tiger Rescue Forum.

“My foundation has provided financial support to several projects to protect these predatory cats. Putin and I talked only about protecting these magnificent animals, no politics,” DiCaprio said.

In addition, the 41-year-old actor showed interest in other characters in Russian history, in particular, Leo would not mind appearing on the screen in the image of Vladimir Lenin or Grigory Rasputin.

In his opinion, more films should be created on Russian history.

“A lot of almost Shakespearean stories happened in Russia. This is very intriguing for an actor, ”the artist said.

As the "Forum" wrote, January 14 DiCaprio was nominated for the Oscar for the fifth time in the category "Best Actor" for his role in the film "Survivor." Prior to that, he claimed the statuette in this category for the paintings: “What Gilbert Grape’s Eaters”, “Aviator”, “Blood Diamond” and “The Wolf of Wall Street”, but did not win the award.