“I didn’t choose to do it, someone came to me with it. In fact it was Leo’s [Leonardo DiCaprio’s] production company that came to me with that. And it’s a big challenge, in fact. Because when you look at the two players or visionaries in the field, at that moment [it] would be Huxley and it would be Orwell and that was 60 or 75 years ago. They were predictions in a way, they weren’t aware at the time, but they were predictions. One could argue that Orwell kind of got there first and Orwell was closer to the notion of “big brother,” [with the] Cold War. But I don’t think that’s it, I think that big brother may be the internet. I don’t know but I think that’s the way it’s going to go. And so the Aldous Huxley’s [novel] literally what is called Brave New World that’s a very hard adaptation. So we’re still dancing with that one, but it’s a challenge.”
I haven’t read the novel so I don’t know what’s going on but if you’re wondering who Leo DiCaprio will be playing, it’s probably the super-sexy guy with an accent. If you don’t already know and want to find out what the book is about you can read some real in-depth stuff over HERE. In addition, I’m sure a more widely-read schmoe will fill you in.