Leonardo Di Caprio Joins the 'Crowded Room'
Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play Billy Milligan, the man who was the first to successfully use multiple personality disorder as a legal gambit in court, leading to his hospitalisation rather than imprisonment after being tried for rape. The Billy Milligan movie will be called The Crowded Room.
The interesting aspect of such a role will give Di Caprio the opportunity to play as many as two dozen different personalities within the movie. The Wrap's report states that New Regency, which has held rights to The Minds of Billy Milligan, a book about Milligan by Daniel Keyes, is still backing the film, with Di Caprio’s Appian Way producing and screenwriters Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg adapting the script.
During the early ’90s, James Cameron co-wrote a script based on Keyes’ book, but a lawsuit blocked that version. Joel Schumacher and David Fincher were also attached to adapt it at various times, too. Billy Milligan died in December 2014, which is likely part of the reason this incarnation of the film is likely to go forward. No director for the project has been announced, with no scheduled release date planned.
