Naomi Watts will play Helen Gandy, J.Edgar Hoovers personal secretary in Clint Eastwood's epic J. Edgar. The British-born Australian actress has been cast alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Ed Westwick, Variety report. The secretary worked closely alongside Hoover for over half a century and following his death in 1972 was responsible for destroying Hoover's files that allegedly contained information on some of the most powerful men in the country.