For Joaquin Phoenix's Next Trick, He Will Make Out with Leonardo DiCaprio 6.04K Richard Lawson 09/22/10 10:26AM Filed to: Casting Casting Joaquin Phoenix Leonardo DiCaprio Defamer J. Edgar Hoover Clint Eastwood Well, maybe. It seems there's a rumor afoot that the hoax-pulling actor is director Clint Eastwood's top pick to play J. Edgar Hoover's lover in his biopic about the top g-man, which will star DiCaprio. Intriguing! And also, vaguely, ew?