It's been rumored for weeks, which Hollywood hottie will win the role of Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby? Now we finally have an answer: Carey Mulligan.
Carey who starred in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps bested Blake Lively, Natalie Portman, and Amanda Seyfried for the role.
Baz Luhrmann told Deadline, "I was thrilled to pick up the phone an hour ago to the young Oscar-nominated British actress Carey Mulligan and say to her: 'Hello, Daisy Buchanan.' "
The film includes Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Tobey Maguire will be narrator Nick Carraway.
The film is due to be released in 2012.
[Deadline]
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