Leonardo DiCaprio could play Rasputin in a future film, Deadline reports. Warner Bros has bought the movie pitch from American Sniper writer Jason Hall. It will now be developed for DiCaprio to play the famous Russian. © WENN Leonardo Di Caprio The production will focus on Rasputin, who became an advisor to the Russian Imperial family the Romanovs. He was embraced by Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra as a healer for their only son, Tsarevich Alexei, who secretly suffered from hemophilia. However, Rasputin's influence with the family in all matters grew to the point that rivals tried several times to kill him, finally succeeding in 1916. Steven Spielberg is being tapped to direct the film...
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