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Armie Hammer isn’t nervous about the gay kissing in new movie “J. Edgar.”

The actor Armie Hammer will play the gay lover Clyde Tolson of FBI director John Edgar Hoover played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The biopic is directed by Clint Eastwood.

Tolson claims he isn’t worried because he knows the scenes are important to the film.

He said to E!:

“It’s not a kissing scene. It’s a ton of kissing scenes. I actually just met him for the first time Saturday at the DGA Awards.

“He’s a talented actor. I’m not nervous or afraid of it being awkward. The script is great. The scenes are in there for a reason.”

As well as Armie and Leonardo, Naomi Watts will star as Hoover’s secretary Helen Gandy and Dame Judi Dench is set to star as Hoover’s mother.

The movie is plained to be released around the end of 2012.

Director James Cameron has beaten his Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio, to be named the most influential man in Hollywood.

The moviemaker of Avatar topped the Film Power 100 list in British newspaper The Guardian, with DiCaprio voted into third place.

Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg was named second best, while Disney & Pixar executive John Lassater came into fourth place.

Brad Pitt was ranked fifth, while his friend George Clooney was voted as the ninth most powerful movie man.

The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, producer Scott Rudinm Quentin Tarantino and Britain’s culture minister Ed Vaizey also made the top 10.