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Leonardo DiCaprio was cast first, in the title role of Jay Gatsby. It is the second time Luhrmann and DiCaprio worked together; DiCaprio costarred in Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996). Tobey Maguire was cast to play Nick Carraway, [20] marking the second collaboration between Maguire and DiCaprio following This Boy's Life. [21]
May 14, 2013 · Though he had to launch a global search for an actor to play Gatsby’s lost love Daisy, Luhrmann knew from the start that he wanted DiCaprio to play the title character, a role the director...
May 10, 2013 · There, he reconnects with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan) and learns his next-door neighbor is none other than Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), the secretive millionaire known for his lavish parties and fantastical reputation.
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- Drama, Romance
- Baz Luhrmann
- 2013-05-10
Jay Gatsby : The one that burns all night at the end of your dock. Nick Carraway : [narrating] Possibly, it had occurred to Gatsby that the colossal significance of that light had vanished forever.
May 9, 2013 · Early reviews for Luhrmann's Gatsby indicate he nailed the first (of many) make-or-break decisions for adapting Fitzgerald's classic–casting the right leading man. DiCaprio's turn as Jay Gatsby has been receiving positive reviews.
May 14, 2013 · There could be more noble failures like J. Edgar, but playing Jay Gatsby was a sure thing, one of the most natural casting choices that DiCaprio has ever tackled. If Redford was the Gatsby of...
May 9, 2013 · Nick Carraway is almost as much of an abstraction as Gatsby — an audience surrogate, with touches of The Nice Guy Betrayed — but Maguire humanizes him, just as DiCaprio does Gatsby. It helps that he’s played so many wry blank-slate types, but there’s something else going on in his performance besides familiar notes — something deeper ...
