Leo Bloom

'''"(Singing) I wanna be a producer, with a hit show on Broadway, I wanna be a producer, Lunch at sardi's everyday. I wanna be a producer, Sport a top hat and a cane, I wanna be a producer, and drive those chorus girls insane!"

- Leo singing about his secret desire to be a producer. Leopold "Leo" Bloom 'is one of the two main characters in Mel Brook's musical masterpiece The Producers, ''The other main character being Max Bialystock. He is a timid accountant whose lifelong dream is to be a successful Producer.

He is portrayed by Wilder Gene Wilder in the 1968 film and by Broderick Matthew Broderick in the 2001 theatre musical and the 2005 film.

Personality
Leo is a very timid man and refers to himself as a loser, a chicken and a coward. He is also very hysterical and goes crazy or scared everytime someone gets too close to him or when he thinks they're going to attack him.

In the film
Leo Bloom arrives at "The King of Broadway" Max Bialystock's apartment to do some accounting on his books. Max Bialystock gives him a huge fright at first but everything tuns out okay. Just as leo is about to account, one Max's investors, an old woman named "Hold me, touch me", arrives and Max quickly gets Leo to hide in the bathroom. After a while, Leo comes out of the bathroom to find Max and Hold me, touch me smooching eachother on the couch, to which he swiftly runs back into the bathroom. Once Hold me, touch me leaves, Leo is able to come back out of the bathroom. He tells Max that he is sorry for catching "feeling up" the old lady. Max takes his coat and Leo tells him that ever since he was a kid, he had a secret desire to become a Broadway producer, but Max tells him to keep it a secret. Leo asks to talk to Max for a minute, and Max, taking it seriously, times him. Leo gets confused and pulls out a blue blanket and Max swipes it from him to see it. Leo stands up and begins going crazy and attacking Max. Max gives it back to him and Leo says that it's just a "minor compulsion" and that he likes to keep it with him everywhere he goes. Leo finally accounts his books and finds an error in them. After explaining it to him, Leo says that a Producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit. Max jumps at this and, wanting to get more money, attempts to get Leo to join in his scheme to get two million dollars so they can go to Rio. Leo refuses, afraid that they'll go to jail for tax fraud, but Max sings to him about the joys that will come from the plan. Leo quickly runs out of the apartment onto the streets to get away from Max but Max eventually catches him at central park. Max tries to convince him but Leo says that he's mistaken him for someone with a spine, and leaves Max.

Leo goes back to his job at an unknown building where he is chatised by his cruel boss, Mr. Marks. Leo begins fantasizing about being a producer, which then breaks out into a full song. Leo then realises that Max was right about there being a lot more to him than there is to him. Just then, Mr. Marks comes back into the room and Leo tells him that he quits. He throws all his old accounting items at Mr. Marks and finishes off his song, and then leaves the building to find Max.

He sees Max sitting at the fountain in Central Park, where he left him. He tells Max that he was scared of going to jail, but he didn't realise that he already was in jail. He stands up onto the fountain and yells "I want everything i've ever seen in the movies!" He and Max then dance in and out of the fountain now that Leo has agreed to join him in his scheme.

The next morning, Leo and Max are seen reading through a bunch of plays that are certain to fail. Leo finally gives up, saying that they'll never find a play that would be a flop, but Max starts laughing and shows Leo a play that'll be a gigantic diasaster, certain to offend people of all races, creeds and religions. Leo reads and is shocked at it. The play is called Springtime For Hitler which is practically a love letter to Hitler. Leo and max find out that the person who wrote it is an ex-Nazi named Franz Liebkind, and the two go off to see him. Just before they leave however, Max finds Leo wearing a producers hat, which Max says that he can't wear until he produces a show. Leo swears that he'll wear the hat soon.

The two finally get to Franz, who is on top of his apartment roof, feeding his birds. They tell him that they want to his play on Broadway. Franz jumps at this chance and tells them that he would be delighted to do it. However, first they must prove to him that they are believe in Hitler as much as he does, by joining him in dancing to The Fuhrurs favorite tune der Guten Tag Hop-Clop. Leo says that could never do that, as he doesn't want to show respect to Hitler and says that they're getting in too deep, but Max says that they have to do it so Franz can sign. After having done the dance, Franz tells them that they have to take the "Seigfried Oath", which is eternal allegiance to Hitler. Leo refuses but is punched by Max and they reluctantly take the Oath, while wearing swastikas. Franz signs the contract and Leo and Max leave the roof.

Leo and Max then go to see flamboyantly gay director, Roger DeBris, so he can sign the contract to direct the play. Leo and Max are greeted by Roger's creepy Common-law assistant/partner, Carmen Ghia. Carmen goes to get Roger while the other two wait.