Zhang Yimou's new film Thirteen Girls in Jinling City, which has been in production for 4 years, features Leonardo DiCaprio as the star, the West China City Daily reported. It's reported that Zhang Yimou and the producer Zhang Weiping choose DiCaprio because he is very popular in China now. The film is adapted from the celebrated writer Yan Geling's novel of the same name, about the experiences of a group of prostitutes during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.

　　張藝謀籌備四年的影片《金陵十三釵》，改編自嚴(yán)歌苓的同名小說，講述的是1937年的南京，一個教堂里幾個神職人員、一群躲在教堂里的大家閨秀、13個逃避戰(zhàn)火的秦淮河風(fēng)塵女子以及6個從死人堆里爬出來的傷兵，面對南京大屠殺的故事。

　　早在籌備期，張偉平就宣稱張藝謀新片《金陵十三釵》將與好萊塢一線男明星合作，而此人則將擔(dān)任片中最重要的角色——英格曼神父。自此后，誰出演這個神父，坊間流有眾多傳聞。此前有傳言稱湯姆·克魯斯，但卻被張偉平明確否認(rèn)，稱其不屬于好萊塢一線明星。昨日，華西都市報記者從知情人處了解到，張藝謀新片的男主角鎖定憑借《盜夢空間》再度在中國走紅的萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧，如果消息屬實，他將是第一位在國產(chǎn)大片擔(dān)任主角的當(dāng)紅好萊塢巨星。