Clint Eastwood wants Joaquin Phoenix to play HOOVER's 'lover'?
* September 22, 2010 9:00 am
* Matt Holmes
http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/clint-eastwood-wants-joaquin-phoenix-to-play-hoovers-lover.phpClint Eastwood is prepping 'Hoover', a Dustin Lance Black (Milk) scripted biopic of the cross-dressing former head of the F.B.I. – J.Edgar Hoover - that has had Leonardo DiCaprio attached to lead all summer, and should film before the end of the year at Warner Bros.
Now that he has unveiled his supernatural drama Hereafter at Toronto, Eastwood is reportedly looking to cast the next major roles for his seventh feature since 2006. A little surprisingly, a seemingly solid scoop from Vulture says Joaquin Phoenix, who it seems isn't actually unintentionally crazy but possibly might have pulled an irredeemable career P.R. nightmare – is Eastwood's first choice to play Hoover's probable lover Clyde Tolson.
