Who was Originally Going to Star in 'The Imitation Game?'

Benedict Cumberbatch has been busy promoting his latest feature, 'The Imitation Game.' The British Independent Film Awards, which were today, nominated him for Best Actor. I am sure that he will continue to get more nominations for his role during the next couple months. 

I went to a screening of 'The Imitation Game' yesterday in West Hollywood. It was a really great movie and I recommend you go out and see it! After the showing, Benedict spoke briefly about how the role was initially offered to another actor before he got it. However, he would not reveal who that person was! According to IMDB, Leonardo DiCaprio was originally slated to star as Alan Turing. I think Leo would have been fantastic, but I'm happy that Benedict won the part.