Where is Leo and where is Lenin?

Producers want DiCaprio to play Lenin

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03 August, 2008, 16:52

Producers of a new film about Lenin are hoping Leonardo DiCaprio will sign on to play the Communist icon.

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They say the Oscar-winning actor looks so much like the mastermind of the communist revolution in his younger years that he could play the role without makeup.

The plot of ‘Lenin’s Brain’ surrounds the resurrection of Lenin by Russian scientists to lead a communist revolution in the U.S.

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