"We haven’t heard much about the upcoming adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved classic, The Great Gatsby. In fact, we haven’t heard anything about the project since we reported on the news that director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) had bought the rights to the novel in 2008. Now, Production Weekly has announced some exciting casting rumors via their twitter feed. The rumors are that Leonardo DiCaprio is up for the role of Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire for Nick Carraway, and Amanda Seyfried for Daisy Buchanan. There is no mention of Luhrmann directing, but I’m going to assume that he still owns the rights and will be helming the film.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel continues to be mandatory school reading (I read it in 8th grade) for a good reason. The book’s tragic story of two wealthy aristocrats (DiCaprio and Seyfried), their next door neighbor (Maguire), and their doomed love affair during the early 1920s continues to be poignant more than 80 years later after it’s first publication in 1925. It’s easy to see why Luhrmann would be interested in adapting the story for a modern generation that continues to be fascinated by fame and wealth..."
(article from http://www.collider.com/2010/09/30/the-great-gatsby-leonardo-dicaprio-tobey-maguire-amanda-seyfried/ (adapted))
Well, the project seems promising, but the 1974's adaptation of Scott Fitzgerald's novel didn't get so much praise and currently scores only 38% of positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but... HEY! We are talking about Baz Lhurman! We are talking about the director of Moulin Rouge!, so it has a great chance of being a good movie.
In spite of don't like Leonardo Di Caprio, I must confess that he's a very capable actor and I really liked some of his latest works (Blood Diamond, The Departed and Inception), so I think he can be a good Gatsby.
As Di Caprio's character's love interest, Amanda Seyfried doesn't seems a good choice to me... I mean she's an OK actress, but her body of work is a little bit weak (the acclaimed teen comedy Mean Girls is the only who scores RT's percentage higher than 60% but she has the high-grossing Mamma Mia!) and she's not pretty in my opinion (she has a strange beauty that I don't like). Actually, I can see more talented actresses with a better body of work in her place, such as Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls; State of Play; Sherlock Holmes), Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation; Match Point; Vicky Cristina Barcelona) or Abbie Cornish (Somersault; Stop-Loss; Bright Star).
Tobey Maguire doesn't seem bad for the part and he's not a bad actor, but I'm a little tired of him, but I can't see other actor at the moment who could take the role instead of him (maybe Jake Gyllenhaal, but maybe he's too "women's-eye-candy" and young), so why not him?
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel continues to be mandatory school reading (I read it in 8th grade) for a good reason. The book’s tragic story of two wealthy aristocrats (DiCaprio and Seyfried), their next door neighbor (Maguire), and their doomed love affair during the early 1920s continues to be poignant more than 80 years later after it’s first publication in 1925. It’s easy to see why Luhrmann would be interested in adapting the story for a modern generation that continues to be fascinated by fame and wealth..."
(article from http://www.collider.com/2010/09/30/the-great-gatsby-leonardo-dicaprio-tobey-maguire-amanda-seyfried/ (adapted))
Well, the project seems promising, but the 1974's adaptation of Scott Fitzgerald's novel didn't get so much praise and currently scores only 38% of positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but... HEY! We are talking about Baz Lhurman! We are talking about the director of Moulin Rouge!, so it has a great chance of being a good movie.
In spite of don't like Leonardo Di Caprio, I must confess that he's a very capable actor and I really liked some of his latest works (Blood Diamond, The Departed and Inception), so I think he can be a good Gatsby.
As Di Caprio's character's love interest, Amanda Seyfried doesn't seems a good choice to me... I mean she's an OK actress, but her body of work is a little bit weak (the acclaimed teen comedy Mean Girls is the only who scores RT's percentage higher than 60% but she has the high-grossing Mamma Mia!) and she's not pretty in my opinion (she has a strange beauty that I don't like). Actually, I can see more talented actresses with a better body of work in her place, such as Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls; State of Play; Sherlock Holmes), Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation; Match Point; Vicky Cristina Barcelona) or Abbie Cornish (Somersault; Stop-Loss; Bright Star).
Tobey Maguire doesn't seem bad for the part and he's not a bad actor, but I'm a little tired of him, but I can't see other actor at the moment who could take the role instead of him (maybe Jake Gyllenhaal, but maybe he's too "women's-eye-candy" and young), so why not him?
This one seems promising!
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