Washington, Nov 8 : Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed that he had to undergo several hours of make-up session to portray chubby FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, in his new movie since director Clint Eastwood’s filming schedule wouldn’t allow the star a weight gain break.

The 36-year-old actor however says that he would have loved to bulk up his own physique to accurately portray Hoover in his latter years, but he didn’t have enough time.

DiCaprio, instead underwent six hours in hair and make-up, where he was fitted with facial prosthetics to make him look fatter than he is.

The new film chronicles the Fbi boss’ career over several years.

“I really wanted to take a break and do the whole real physical transformation. Of course, the film wouldn’t allow it”, Contactmusic quote him as telling Access Hollywood.

“It was a massive amount of weight to put on in a very short amount of time. So thankfully, I had a lot of people around to help me in that transformation and I think it turned out pretty well”, he added. (ANI)