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Carey Mulligan IS Baz Luhrmann's Daisy Buchanan for Gatsby Remake

Carey Mulligan IS Baz Luhrmann's Daisy Buchanan for Gatsby Remake

It girl Carey Mulligan has landed the coveted role of Daisy Buchanan in director Baz Luhrmann’s re-imagining of The Great Gatsby. It was only recently that the An Education Oscar nominee Mulligan threw her hat in the ring for the role among others including Michelle Williams, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson.Luhrmann, of Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge fame, is taking it on with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, which Robert Redford played in the original, and Tobey Maguire as Gatsby’s friend Nick Carraway.

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'It' girl Carey Mulligan has landed the coveted role of Daisy Buchanan in director Baz Luhrmann’s re-imagining of The Great Gatsby, according to Deadline.

The question of who would play Daisy has been the most discussion around a role for women in movies since Rooney Mara pulled in the lead in David Fincher’s American remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It was only recently that the An Education Oscar nominee Mulligan tossed her hat in the ring for the role among others including Michelle Williams, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson.

Mia Farrow famously embodied Daisy in the 1974 big screen version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic. Now Luhrmann, of Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge fame, is taking it on with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby -- Robert Redford in the original -- and Tobey Maguire as Gatsby’s friend Nick Carraway.

Luhrmann called Mulligan, 25, with the good news while she was on the reception line for the Fashion Council Awards in New York, according to Deadline. An elated Mulligan burst into tears on the red carpet while flanked by the likes of Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld.

Apparently, Mulligan, who also recently starred in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Never Let Me Go, was a shoo-in once Luhrmann showed her audition tape to Sony Pictures Entertainment execs.  Within moments of execs viewing Mulligan as Daisy,  Luhrmann was on the phone with her saying, “Hello, Daisy Buchanan," Deadline reports.

Congrats to Ms. Mulligan! She’ll make a perfect Daisy.

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Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.