Jared Leto to star as Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner in biopic

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- "My So Called Life" star Jared Leto is set to play Hugh Hefner in an upcoming biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Brett Ratner, a friend of Leto, said he got the rights to the Playboy Magazine founder's story and when Leto found out, he told him that he wanted the role as Hefner.
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"I want to play him. I want to understand him," Leto told Ratner.

Hefner passed away Sept. 27 at the age of 91, but the movie had been in development since 2007, according to The Reporter.
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Leto won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild for his role as a transgender woman in "Dallas Buyers Club."

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