DiCaprio 'honoured to play 'true patriot' Hoover

Leonardo DiCaprio couldn’t put on as much weight as he wanted to play J. Edgar Hoover.

The ‘Inception’ actor plays the historical figure in the forthcoming Clint Eastwood-directed biopic about the Federal Bureau of Investigation founder, and he admitted as much as he wanted to put on the pounds, he had to rely on the costume department for the most part.