I am Jilli WRT to Baz love and Tobey not-love. I did read Gatsby in high school - Gatsby Day was a senior year highlight, we all dressed as flappers and such - and as gorgeous as the trailer is, Baz's manic tendencies don't strike me as a good fit. I think of Gatsby, I think of heat and haze and languor and tension under the surface, a pressure cooker that finally explodes.
And now I want to re-read the book.
There's a good chance I'll see it, I really do wish someone else had Tobey's role. Who would make a better Nick? Let's fantasy cast.
There's a good chance I'll see it, I really do wish someone else had Tobey's role. Who would make a better Nick? Let's fantasy cast.
Isn't Tobey old for the role? Isn't Nick like 22?
Yeah, Nick's a callow youth who gets bedazzled by Gatsby's life.
edit: Oh, lord, I'm now picturing Nick covered in rhinestones.
do you know who I envision as Nick (but he would need to be a bit younger)? Matt Bomer. I think he could do Nick really well.
JGL?
To quote Rihanna in the Battleship trailer, BOOM.
edit: Oh, lord, I'm now picturing Nick covered in rhinestones.
Well JGL could come close to carrying that look off.
Matt Bomer is an excellent suggestion. Sharp suits and yearning? Oh yeah, he can do that.
Tobey Maguire is the one major weak spot in that trailer. I don't understand why people keep casting him in period pieces, he looks and sounds ridiculous in them.
I saw a trailer the other day for a period piece about moonshiners, called Brothers, I think. It starred Shia LaBoeuf and he looked utterly out of place. Also, he's just not old enough to carry that role.
