James “Whitey” Bulger
While The Departed was a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Internal Affairs, it’s widely suspected that Jack Nicholson’s Frank Costello character was based on Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. The Dorchester, Massachusetts native did time for larceny, bank robbery and was in question for 19 murder cases. He evaded the feds for 16 years before being caught in 2011. Johnny Depp will also be playing Bulger in a currently untitled biopic slated for September 2015.
