More photos of DiCaprio as J Edgar

EW has more stills of Leonardo DiCaprio as J Edgar and the The Playlist furnishes some crucial details about how the FBI director’s alleged homosexuality will be handled in Clint Eastwood’s film.

“Some people might interpret it that way. Some people might say [he and Tolson] were just inseparable pals. Or maybe it’s a love story without being gay, I don’t know,” Eastwood told EW. “But it’s very interesting, the way Lance laid out the script. It was nicely written. It didn’t go to the obvious.”

For “Milk” screenwriter Dustin Lance Black—who believes that Hoover’s ultimate mad grip on his power was driven by his own suppressed desire—is was that question of why Hoover viciously clung to power that drove his vision of the story. “I started to become curious about the ‘why,’” said Black. “He did wonderful things for this country, but why did he ended up doing so many things that were heinous and harmful? I think it was all in the name of trying to fill that void, where love goes, with public admiration. This is a guy who from his earliest years was told he could never express the love he felt.”