Red Granite Pictures

Then, Hollywood came calling.

A production company called Red Granite Pictures paid him roughly $940,000 for the screen rights, and if that name sounds familiar, it should.

Red Granite is the company we talked about last episode.

the one co-founded by the Malaysian prime minister's stepson, which prosecutors say was financed with money from the one MDB fund, which ripped off and stole from the people of Malaysia.

He went to Hollywood and he went through the side door.

His old hero friend, remember, Rizal Aziz, the prime minister's stepson, had started a film company called Red Granite Pictures.

Lo, according to reporting, befriended Leonardo DiCaprio and told him he had $400 million to spend on movies.

And for an actor, you know, that sentence can be catnip, even for a guy like Leo, who's not short on, you know, offers to take on big roles, but that's exciting.