DiCaprio tipped to play mobster-doctor in new movie

Leonardo DiCaprio is in line to play a hitman-turned-doctor in a new movie project.

Studio bosses are plotting to take the Josh Bazell novel Beat the Reaper onto a big screen, and want the actor to take the lead.

If he agrees, DiCaprio will play a New York emergency room doctor in the witness protection programme, who is forced to confront his past when a fellow mobster recognises him.