查克加盟《胡夫傳》與萊昂納多對戲

憑藉當紅青春劇集《緋聞女孩》中，情場浪子查克-巴斯一角而走紅的男星愛德-維斯特維克將再次觸電，出演由影壇常青樹、“老牛仔”克林特-伊斯特伍德所開拍的傳記影片《J. Edgar 胡夫傳》。據悉，愛德-維斯特維克將在片中扮演一個兼具寫作才華的FBI探員史密斯，而他的頂頭上司便是由在好萊塢如題中天的小李哥萊昂納多所飾演的主人公胡夫，在發現了史密斯在寫作方面天賦秉義之後，胡夫便將撰寫個人傳記的工作交付給了史密斯，而隨之這位年輕的幹員也發現了胡夫不爲人知的一面。
　　J. Edgar Hoover是美國聯邦調查局的傳奇人物，獨霸局長寶座近半個世紀，被譽爲是最高機密的守護者，和令人心生恐懼的神祕人物。之前有報道，查理茲-塞隆將扮演更隨J. Edgar長達五十年之後的祕書Helen Gandy，但這位奧斯卡影后最終還是婉拒了《胡夫》片方的邀約。

Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick has landed a major supporting role in J. Edgar, the Clint Eastwood-directed drama about manipulative FBI director J. Edgar Hoover that stars Leonardo DiCaprio. At the same time, Charlize Theron will not be playing the role of Helen Gandy, as was rumored. She's signing on for Snow White and the Huntsman at Universal and Eastwood is now looking at Naomi Watts and Amy Adams as possibles for the Gandy role. As for Westwick, the British actor will play a clean cut operative with writing skill. Once Hoover discovers he can write, he conscripts Agent Smith to write Hoover's biography, until Smith gets a little too close to the truth. The film's produced by Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment and Eastwood's Malpaso. The Social Network's Armie Hammer also signed on to play Hoover's assistant and secret lover Clyde Tolson.