Oscar Winner Leonardo DiCaprio Reportedly Wants To Play Stan Lee In A Biopic

Warner Bros. is reportedly eyeing Leonardo DiCaprio to play the Joker in a standalone origin film but a new report from HasCon says The Revenant actor actually wants to star in a Stan Lee biopic.

By MarkJulian - Sep 11, 2017 07:09 AM EST

Filed Under: Marvel

Is Stan Lee being cheeky or is Leonaro DiCaprio actually weighing whether he should purse playing Stan Lee in a biopic? Lee was a featured guest at HasCon (Hasbro Con 2017) where he was asked who he'd want to play him in a biopic? It turns out Lee has already met with someone to discuss the project and it's none other than The Wolf of Wall Street award-winning actor.

Said Lee to the crowd, "Believe it or not, I’ve already discussed it with Leonardo DiCaprio. He’s a neighbor of mine and we were talking one day some months ago, and he said, ‘Boy it’d be fun to do your story on the screen.’ So I said, ‘Well, I’ll audition you.’ Gotta make sure the guy can do it."

While Lee was obviously playing the crowd for laughs there's likely some truth to his statement. Of course, WB reportedly wants DiCaprio for their Joker origin film that will apparently anchor their new line of DC Films that exist outside of the DCEU. Will DiCaprio be forced to chose one role over the other or could he possibly do both? Stay tuned for further updates.

Also, if you watched the female wrestling drama Glow starring Alison Brie on Netflix, many Marvel fans immediately zeroed in on actor and podcaster Marc Maron as a dead ringer for Stan.

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ODanil - 9/11/2017, 7:47 AM

Who made that banner? That person should get an award or something.

imnotwearinghockeypants - 9/11/2017, 7:48 AM

Would make a lot more sense than an effing Joker origin story.

KWilly - 9/11/2017, 7:54 AM

Would be cool to have Stan Lee cameo in his own biopic. Stan Lee-Ception...

DavidGray - 9/11/2017, 7:55 AM

Stan Lee actually fits the kind of role I imagine for Leo.

MrDandy - 9/11/2017, 7:55 AM

Actually, I could see him in the role. Stan is the Man, I'd love to see his biopic someday.

MasterMix - 9/11/2017, 7:56 AM

Please make it happen!

LEVITIKUZ - 9/11/2017, 7:58 AM

I actually looked up Stan Lee and Leo's address on Google Maps.

Holy shit they aren't next door neighbors but they live very close by. In the same neighborhood.

That's [frick]ing cool.

Get Martin Scorsese on the phone and have him direct the Stan Lee film. Have Marvel Studios and Feige produce it.

Jeight8 - 9/11/2017, 8:09 AM

@LEVITIKUZ - I want Feige to produce it and make it part of the MCU in order to completely confuse and [frick] with the audience.

LEVITIKUZ - 9/11/2017, 8:14 AM

@Jeight8 - Do you remember the Spider-Man the animated series where Spider-Man met Stan Lee? Have that but with all the MCU characters. Even bring in Jackman's Wolverine because why the hell not if you want to [frick] with the audience lol

chewie - 9/11/2017, 7:59 AM

In all seriousness, would that movie be profitable or even make it to the big screen? No disrespect but I can't see it drawing a huge crowd.

LEVITIKUZ - 9/11/2017, 8:02 AM

@chewie - There's a movie about how Wonder Woman was created. You don't think people wouldn't see a film about the man who helped create pretty much every big name character at Marvel?

chewie - 9/11/2017, 8:06 AM

@LEVITIKUZ - re-read my comment. Never said no one would see it. Just don't think it would draw a huge crowd.

Jeight8 - 9/11/2017, 8:09 AM

@LEVITIKUZ - What makes you think that the WW biopic is gonna be a success? That's what he is asking.

LEVITIKUZ - 9/11/2017, 8:11 AM

@chewie - Wolf of Wall Street made 392 million.

Social Network made 224.9 million.

I think it's fair to say Stan Lee is way more known. Give the film a 40 million dollar budget and I can see it at least making 200 million and would make more.

LEVITIKUZ - 9/11/2017, 8:13 AM

@Jeight8 - I think the Wonder Woman biopic would be a success due to 2 reasons:

1. Likely low budget
2. Released during a time people are hyped for Wonder Woman

I think it's fair to say though Stan Lee is way more popular than Professor Marston and a film about him would be more successful.

IronGenesis - 9/11/2017, 8:00 AM

So DiCaprio is/has to portray

Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Leonardo Da Vinci
Stan Lee
The Joker

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