We think Carey Mulligan is an amazing choice to be playing Daisy Buchanan, in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Carey would be played opposite Leonardo Dicaprio’s Gatsby — this sounds like an amazing cast so far. Here’s Deadline NY with the exclusive:
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has found his Daisy Buchanan. He has officially given the starring role in The Great Gatsby to Carey Mulligan, the Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Never Let Me Go star who’ll play the manipulative heroine when Luhrmann starts production on his adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald literary classic. Mulligan was on the reception line for The Fashion Council Awards in New York when she got the call on her cell phone from Luhrmann, just a few minutes ago. She burst into tears on the red carpet in front of Karl Lagerfield and Anna Wintour. This all occurred shortly after Luhrmann showed the audition footage to Sony Pictures Entertainment execs Amy Pascal and Doug Belgrad. – read more from Deadline