Jeffrey Donovan (“Burn Notice”) has announced that he will be paying Robert F. Kennedy in the Clint Eastwood-directed J. Edgar Hoover biopic, J. Edgar. Donovan will star alongside Leonardo Dicaprio. Here the tweet he sent out earlier today:
I fly to LA Sunday. I have been ca[st] as Bobby Kennedy opposite LD in HOOVER. excited. working with Mr Eastwood again. Dreams come true.
Donovan previously worked with Eastwood on the 2008 film Changeling. In addition to DiCaprio (Hoover) and Donovan, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, Stephen Root and Judi Dench also star in the film.