Leonardo DiCaprio can't wait to get started on his biopic of new age guru Timothy Leary because he's keen to reveal the magic of the man who he grew up with to the world. DiCaprio was a child when he first met the writer and lecturer and has always had great respect for his teachings.

Now he wants to show the world how special Leary, who officiated the marriage of the actor's father and stepmother 12 years ago, was in a new movie.

He tells GQ magazine, "He was a genius. He was like a prophet. Everyone would go up on the hill to be with Timothy. You'd get your sacred couple of hours and hang out with him and talk about the future. He was really into what the future would bring and felt intrinsically a part of the future, even in his later days, when he knew he was passing. He looked at death like he was passing into a different dimension, not that he was dying. It was pretty fascinating to see a man in his last days like that."

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