Jared Leto to Play Andy Warhol in New Biopic
- September 20, 2016 13:12
Actor Jared Leto, who recently portrayed the Joker in Suicide Squad and won best supporting actor in 2013’s Dallas Buyers Club, will star in a new biopic on Andy Warhol.
Leto will also produce Warhol, and has acquired rights to Victor Bockris’s 1989 book Warhol: The Biography, on which the film is based. Boardwalk Empire creator Terrence Winter, who was behind The Wolf of Wall Street and 50 Cent drama Get Rich or Die Tryin’, will write the screenplay.
The Pop art pioneer has been the subject of many films, and has been played by Jared Harris (I Shot Andy Warhol), Guy Pearce (Factory Girl), Crispin Glover (The Doors), and David Bowie (Basquiat).