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Leonardo DiCaprio and Adrien Brody both vying for roles in Evel Knievel biopic for director Damien Chazelle


Paramount is getting closer to production with their Evel Knievel biopic this summer, with two Oscar-winning actors circling major roles.

One of his first famous stunts was jumping the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, which resulted in a horrific crash and multiple broken bones. During perhaps the height of his fame in 1977, promoter Shelly Saltman published the book Evel Knievel On Tour, which the daredevil claimed included details that misled readers and damaged his reputation. One of his first famous stunts was jumping the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, which resulted in a horrific crash and multiple broken bones

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