If it's a day that ends in "y," that means another major role in an upcoming Hollywood film has been cast. This week, all the buzz is centered on director Baz Luhrmann's (Moulin Rouge) upcoming adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, The Great Gatsby, and who might play the pivotal role of Daisy Buchanan. The usual 20-something suspects - Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Keira Knightley - are, as they say, in the running, as are lesser, proven talents such as Blake Lively and Rebecca Hall, who were featured along Ben Affleck in The Town earlier this fall.
Looking at the list, one cannot help but notice that none of those actors has carried a movie on their own two shoulders to box-office success. It is no secret that the film industry is fiercely ageist, but surely there might be a more-experienced and proven talent who could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire - two actors already attached to Gatsby - rather than just being "the girl" in the film. Maybe Daisy Buchanan is the classic archetypical "girl" - beautiful and sophisticated yet na
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