LEONARDO DICAPRIO TAKES ON JAMES BOND

Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is going to play James Bond creator Ian Fleming.The actor’s production company Appian Way will did into the famous British writer’s life in Fleming. DiCaprio’s production partner Andrew Lazar says, “The idea that this guy’s life informed the James Bond character is pretty fascinating.” The film, based on Damian Stevenson’s screenplay, will begin on the eve of Fleming’s 1952 wedding in Jamaica - just before his first novel, Casino Royale, was published.Flashbacks will show Fleming’s pre-Bond life as a correspondent for news agency Reuters and as a naval intelligence expert during World War Two.It is not known if DiCaprio will play any role in the film.

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