Leonardo DiCaprio has allegedly pulled out Mel Gibson's new movie.

The Inception star was due to play the lead in Gibson's new Viking epic, but it has been alleged that the star has changed his mind.

The news is the latest blow to Gibson who has fallen out of Hollywood favour recently after tapes that allege to be phone calls between the Mad Max star and his ex, Oksana Grigorieva, were released.

In the tapes a man who sounds like Gibson makes racist and sexist comments and accuses the Russian singer of cheating.

Gibson is currently being investigated over allegations of domestic violence, after Oksana made claims he assaulted her whilst she was holding their baby daughter. Gibson's lawyers deny this happened.