Naomi Watts: Leonardo DiCaprio's 'J. Edgar' Secretary

Naomi Watts has signed on to star in Clint Eastwood‘s J. Edgar, Deadline reports.

The 42-year-old actress is set to play Helen Gandy, FBI head J. Edgar Hoover’s loyal secretary for 54 years, in the upcoming film.

Leonardo DiCaprio will star as J. Edgar, while Josh Lucas will play aviator Charles Lindbergh.

Other previously reported cast members include Ed Westwick, as Agent Smith (Hoover’s biographer), and Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson (Hoover’s number two man at the FBI and his secret lover).

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