Isla Fisher in Talks to Join Baz Luhrmann's 'Great Gatsby' (Exclusive)
11:02 AM PDT 4/19/2011 by
Borys Kit

Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Isla Fisher Rango Premiere 2011 [nid:177486]
She is set to play Myrtle, a married woman having an affair with Buchanan.
Isla Fisher is in negotiations to join Baz Lurhmann’s 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby being made by Warner Bros.
Fisher will join Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan. Ben Affleck is also in negotiations to join the production, which is eyeing a late summer start. DiCaprio is pegged to play the wealthy and mysterious Jay Gatsby, while Maguire is playing Nick Carraway, who in the novel is the narrator. Mulligan is playing Gatsby's love, Daisy Buchanan, who is married to a wealthy chap named Tom Buchanan, whom Affleck would play if his deal makes. Fisher will play Myrtle, a married woman having an affair with Buchanan. She is later killed by a speeding car, an event that leads to the book’s tragic ending. Fisher last appeared in Burke and Hare, John Landis’ period horror thriller that also starred Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis. She recently voice a part in Paramount’s animated film Rango and will be heard again in DreamWorks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians. She is repped by CAA.THR's Daily Must Feeds
-
Anderson Cooper Boots 'Barbie Mom' Off Show
-
Donna Summer's Funeral Packed with Music Legends
-
'Transformers 3' Injured Extra Gets $18 Million Settlement
-
Bret Michaels Talks Summer Tour, Health Issues
-
Beastie Boy Discusses MCA's Death For First Time
-
Robert Pattinson For 'Hunger Games' Sequel?
-
Minka Kelly Cast As Jackie Kennedy
-
Glee Recap: The End Is an Afterthought
Advertisement
comments
Advertisement
In This Week's Magazine
Social & Mobile
Advertisement
- MOST SHARED
- MOST POPULAR
- 1
Cannes Drops Screening of 'The Anti-Semite' Amid Complaints
- 2
Jon Favreau Returning to 'Iron Man 3' -- as an Actor (Exclusive)
- 3
Box Office Report: 'Men in Black 3' Launches With $1.6 Million in Midnight Earnings
- 4
Leaked Memo: 'Community' Studio Tells Cast How to Address Dan Harmon Firing
- 5
Alison Brie Addresses Her Nudist College Experience on Conan O'Brien's Show (Video)
- 6
Hemingway & Gellhorn: Cannes Review
- 7
Cosmopolis: Cannes Review
- 8
Adam Lambert Insults Clay Aiken on Bravo's 'Watch What Happens' (Video)
- 9
Cannes Day 9: 'The Paperboy' Premiere, AmfAR Gala
- 10
Pogues Founder James Fearnley Introduces Memoir With L.A. Book Signing

