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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 20:21:45 GMT
Alphabetically, these were the women reportedly closest to being cast before the part was given to Carey Mulligan: Abbie Cornish Rebecca Hall Scarlett Johansson Keira Knightley Blake Lively Natalie Portman Amanda Seyfried Michelle Williams Are you a fan of Mulligan's performance? What do you think of these choices - could you see any or all of them being better fits than Mulligan? Any names you would have considered that weren't on their list? |
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Post by stephen on Jul 8, 2018 20:23:33 GMT
Considering the entire movie is miscast, I don't know who would've been an optimal choice for Daisy, considering how much the role relies on chemistry with its co-stars. I don't really see any of those you listed being a good fit for the role on its own.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jul 8, 2018 20:23:47 GMT
Alphabetically, these were the women reportedly closest to being cast before the part was given to Carey Mulligan: Abbie Cornish Rebecca Hall Scarlett Johansson Keira Knightley Blake Lively Natalie Portman Amanda Seyfried Michelle Williams Are you a fan of Mulligan's performance? What do you think of these choices - could you see any or all of them being better fits than Mulligan? Any names you would have considered that weren't on their list? Abbie Cornish  Rebecca Hall  Scarlett Johansson Keira Knightley  Blake Lively Natalie Portman Amanda Seyfried Michelle Williams |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 20:27:42 GMT
How about either Kirsten Dunst or January Jones?
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 8, 2018 20:29:44 GMT
Doesn't matter. The whole movie was a dumpst--
*GUY PLAYING SAXOPHONE CLOSE UP*
--erfire and I don't think any--
*CURTAINS BLOWING IN THE WIND*
--one could have saved it.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 8, 2018 20:46:59 GMT
The movie was not Fitzgerald's Gatsby - it was Luhrmann's and as conceived was a mess so that actors wouldn't matter either - I mean he got tremendously appealing stars to just move around like pawns. It's not a book you can film anyway, read it and enjoy, but you'll never successfully film it, it's poetry is on the page. I know why you'd want to because it is a work of Art - but again, like I always say, it was a work of Art and this is crucial written in the era its covering, you would think some director would get that and try to make their own movie (an original movie!) in that way that reflects the right now - how many movies do you ever see that are up to the minute/current? Well last year you got 3 Billboards and while that was legit great I'm afraid the movie going public may have preferred Phantom Thread, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Sex With Fish, The Post, Darkest Hour.............. But I digress..... |
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Post by LaraQ on Jul 8, 2018 21:06:02 GMT
I`m not the biggest fan of hers, but Michele Williams would've been perfect for this.
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Post by bob-coppola on Jul 8, 2018 22:53:00 GMT
It's odd that Rebecca Hall was considered, as she'd make a better Jordan. Anyways, I think Scarlett Johansson or Blake Lively would be a shoe-in for the role. Also January Jones, I guess. This is one of the rare cases I really didn't like Mulligan.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jul 9, 2018 0:35:27 GMT
Of this batch, Cornish is the only one I could see fitting.
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Post by countjohn on Jul 9, 2018 4:48:00 GMT
Gatsby is tough to cast across the board because most the novel is in Nick's head and the characters are so enigmatic.
I'm not crazy about Mulligan in it. It's a weird criticism, but she didn't seem nearly as facile as Daisy needs to be to make the story work narratively and emotionally.
Johansson has the kind of sensuality you need, but I've never really seen her be "delicate" in anything, not even Lost in Translation. She would have been better as Jordan. Portman and Williams are very good actresses in general so I would have been willing to give them shots.
I actually liked the 2013 version fine despite all the criticism, largely for the visual spectacle. I thought Leo and Debicki were really good too.
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Post by jakob on Jul 9, 2018 6:05:24 GMT
I think Mulligan at the time of casting was the ideal choice. Her chemistry with DiCaprio wasn’t quite as strong as the film was asking it to be, but I thought Mulligan was as good a Daisy Buchanan as you can get, although I love the Michelle Williams option (who did have great chemistry with Leo in Shutter Island). I remember though when Mulligan was cast, it seemed unanimous it was a popular choice amongst film fans and fans of the novel. I’m surprised at the negativity on this thread. The response to the film in general probably soured a lot of film goers on any aspect of the movie. I actually still really Iike it. It’s an unbelievably hard novel to adapt as we all know, and Baz’s flair really added a lot of life and energy to what could have been a very dry adaptation. I get the criticisms for sure, I just don’t agree with them, but clearly I’m in the minority.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 9, 2018 6:26:36 GMT
As others have said, the film was pretty much doomed anyway due to Luhrmann's direction - hey Baz, Fitzgerald was criticizing the opulence and extravagance of the Roaring 20s, he wasn't reveling in it - but I have thought before in talking with friends who really love the book that Williams could have been really good in the part. She worked well opposite Leo in Shutter Island and I think she wouldn't have played it in the same wide-eyed Disney fashion that Mulligan did so the more shallow and sinister aspects of her character would have been more strongly depicted.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 13:17:11 GMT
I think Mulligan at the time of casting was the ideal choice. Her chemistry with DiCaprio wasn’t quite as strong as the film was asking it to be, but I thought Mulligan was as good a Daisy Buchanan as you can get, although I love the Michelle Williams option (who did have great chemistry with Leo in Shutter Island). I remember though when Mulligan was cast, it seemed unanimous it was a popular choice amongst film fans and fans of the novel. I’m surprised at the negativity on this thread. The response to the film in general probably soured a lot of film goers on any aspect of the movie. I actually still really Iike it. It’s an unbelievably hard novel to adapt as we all know, and Baz’s flair really added a lot of life and energy to what could have been a very dry adaptation. I get the criticisms for sure, I just don’t agree with them, but clearly I’m in the minority. DiCaprio has never lacked for chemistry with a female actor, but I think generally the criticism with Mulligan's casting was that she lacked the requisite beauty. Her performance was quite strong, but when Jordan, Catherine, and even Myrtle are all more attractive than Daisy... |
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Post by speeders on Jul 11, 2018 9:28:20 GMT
Back when this was announced, January Jones was my fancast as Daisy and I still stand by that she would have been the best of the actresses of the moment.
This list is depressing and generally awful, with Cornish, Johansson and Williams being the least serious offenders. I keep getting horrified at how many times Blake Lively's name is thrown around in casting discussions, she's absolutely awful.
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Post by Zeb31 on Jul 11, 2018 12:23:10 GMT
Well last year you got 3 Billboards and while that was legit great I'm afraid the movie going public may have preferred Phantom Thread, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Sex With Fish, The Post, Darkest Hour.............. has by far the highest rating out of any of those films on IMDB, and is the only one that's actually in the Top 250. Which means a lot, considering there's a freaking Nolan movie in that list. It also holds an 87% audience approval on RT, which again is higher than any of those other films ( Darkest Hour is second with 83%), and it did very very well at the box office, both domestically and overseas, showing very consistent holds throughout the season. General audiences like it just fine. |
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Post by countjohn on Jul 13, 2018 21:59:45 GMT
I think Mulligan at the time of casting was the ideal choice. Her chemistry with DiCaprio wasn’t quite as strong as the film was asking it to be, but I thought Mulligan was as good a Daisy Buchanan as you can get, although I love the Michelle Williams option (who did have great chemistry with Leo in Shutter Island). I remember though when Mulligan was cast, it seemed unanimous it was a popular choice amongst film fans and fans of the novel. I’m surprised at the negativity on this thread. The response to the film in general probably soured a lot of film goers on any aspect of the movie. I actually still really Iike it. It’s an unbelievably hard novel to adapt as we all know, and Baz’s flair really added a lot of life and energy to what could have been a very dry adaptation. I get the criticisms for sure, I just don’t agree with them, but clearly I’m in the minority. DiCaprio has never lacked for chemistry with a female actor, but I think generally the criticism with Mulligan's casting was that she lacked the requisite beauty. Her performance was quite strong, but when Jordan, Catherine, and even Myrtle are all more attractive than Daisy... In the book I always picture Jordan as more attractive but that's because she sounds much more like my type. |
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