Monday, December 11, 2006
Jude Law. The one and only. Because he was so terrific as Alfie and that guy in the Talented Mr Ripley. I like both the movies. Jude Law can mimick that 1920's Jazz Age accent, and hes got the height the presence, and the oiled hairstyle that reminds me of Jay Gatsby everytime i think about him. Since Tom is "straw-haired" I would prefer Gatsby to be dark haired, with tan skin and dark eyes. Jude Law. He doesnt need to be too tall, because then he would look stronger than Tom, which would make it less .... romantic(as in the literary method). Jude Law is tall, but you could always pick Ethan Hawke to play Tom, whos taller. Gatsby could also be Leanardo DiCaprio, although he would have to die that blonde hair. Leanardo Di Caprio is a good actor, and with a bit of touch up he could play Gatsby. The most crucial elements to playing Gatsby would be the smile, and the "old sport" thing, as well as reasonably good looks and youth. SO, Jude Law has an enormous smile and can mimick the accent with the old sport business and is good looking even though he is a bit too tall. Leanardo Di Caprio is also just as good, but he doesnt have as a great a smile as Jude Law. Al Pacino in his youth, could have played Gatsby, but an Italian-American would raise suspicions of Gatsby being a mafia, which would do the book injustice. Another actor highly in consideration would be Marlon Brando. His presence, his eyes, and his voice and his style make him very Gatsby like , even if he doesnt smile a lot. Maybe its jsut me, but Francis Ford Coppola made the right choise by keeping Al Pacino to the Godfather, Marlon Brando to Apocalypse Now, and Robert Redford to the Great Gatsby...
bubblebuddy took the leap at 7:38 PM
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