Here's Your First Look at Carey Mulligan Playing Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby
Looks like the rumors were true: Baz Luhrmann has selected Carey Mulligan for the part of Daisy Buchanan in his adaptation of The Great Gatsby. First Spiderman goes British with Andrew Garfield, and now the lead female in one of the greatest modern American novels follows suit. Get it together, America! Along with the announcement, Luhrmann included a picture of Mulligan from rehearsals that gives a taste of what may come. She certainly looks alluring and a bit ethereal here, but what do you think? Is she beautiful enough to completely wreck Leonardo DiCaprio, who is playing Gatsby? Does she trump everyone on the initial not-at-all-short list for the part?
And now for the punchline: While he's got plenty of casting news, Luhrmann told our sister site Deadline, "There are a few elements that I feel need to be resolved before I would categorically state that this is my next film." Maybe he's triple checking that Oliver Stone isn't developing is own Gatsby adaptation so that this project doesn't go the way of Luhrmann's aborted Alexander the Great biopic.
·Baz Luhrmann Tells Deadline: Carey Mulligan Is My Daisy Buchanan [Deadline]
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Carey Mulligan is too young to play Daisy! Part of her character lies in how much she's changed from her youth.
Who cares if Brits are playing "American roles"? America constantly takes from other cultures and deems them worthy of being Americanized (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo? Let the Right One In?) It's a little selfish to assume no one can take American cultural icons away from America but we Americans can take as much as we want.
The problem is that Mulligan is cute, not pretty, and certainly not beautiful. It's absurd to believe that a guy who looks like DiCaprio would become obsessed with her. If you do know anyone who would believe that, please let me know so that I can sell them a plan on how to make $4,180 per month from home with Goggle ads!
Oh, you silly! you made me laugh!
Because your personal looks dictate what you're attracted to?
She is not pretty enough for me too. But could it be on purpose? To serve the story... and the first actor........