Jared Leto has confirmed his film about iconic pop artist Andy Warhol is going ahead. Writing yesterday on Instagram, he said: ‘Yes, it’s true I will be playing Andy Warhol in an upcoming film.
And so grateful and excited about the opportunity.’ Marking the late artist’s birthday he added: ‘Happy birthday Andy.’ It confirms the rumors from almost four years ago that Leto will star in the film.
He is also producing the biopic, simply called Warhol. Terence Winter, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Wolf of Wall Street, is writing the script based in part on the Victor Bockris book called Warhol: The Biography.
Leto, 48, previously won an Oscar for playing a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club. The genius of Andy Warhol Warhol, who died