Over the past decade, I have reluctantly conceded Leo DiCaprio’s acting chops are genuine.
However, He didn’t remotely resemble Howard Hughes in that biopic and I don’t know how they’ll make him resemble J. Edgar Hoover no matter if he gains fifty pounds and the makeup department goes all out.
Doesn’t Hollywood have some genuinely good AND ugly actors? A younger Maury Chaikin or Danny Aiello or Charles Durning waiting in the wings?
DiCaprio is also 5” taller the JE was.
It’s not about good, it’s about selling tickets.
As a fan of LOST, I was amazed at what Michael Emerson could do, but he would never star in a big Hollywood movie, even about himself.