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Baz Luhrmann Gambles On Newcomer For Gatsby Role![]()
When a film already has Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire in its cast, it’s hard to get worked up about the arrival of a bona fide newcomer. But if Baz Luhrmann’s excited about adding Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki to his Great Gatsbyensemble, then who are we to disapprove?
Debicki has been tapped to play Jordan Baker in Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel, according to Deadline. The character is the love interest of Gatsby narrator Nick Carraway, who will be played by Maguire. DiCaprio will play Gatsby, while Mulligan has been cast as his Daisy As for the casting of a relative novice, Luhrmann proclaimed, "It was a surprising result, but Elizabeth's grasp of the material and her chemical connectivity to Tobey Maguire, in addition to her striking, athletic appearance, had us in a place where we were fully confident and ready to take the leap of giving the role of Jordan Baker to what, I guess, people would term 'a discovery.' We are thrilled." Everybody has to start somewhere, and for Debicki, this “somewhere” is pretty massive. About the only major role left for Luhrmann to cast is that of Daisy's husband, Tom Buchanan. The part was Ben Affleck’s at one time, but he bowed out due to a scheduling conflict with his next directing gig, Argo. |