11:03 am, April 29th, 2013
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(Entertainment Tonight)
Leonardo DiCaprio opens up about starring in the upcoming Great Gatsby adaptation in a new interview with “Entertainment Tonight,” telling the show the project was a ”huge undertaking” and very “intimidating.”
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The movie star says he was initially hesitant to touch F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved American novel, but eventually felt okay about the retelling it because he was doing the film with best friend Tobey Maguire, whom he’s known for “25 years.”
Asked about director Baz Luhrmann’s decision to feature contemporary music from artists such as Beyonce on the soundtrack, DiCaprio offered, “I thought it was a brilliant choice for Baz to use hip hop as a the sort of modern day interpretation of [jazz.]”
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The actor also talks about Carey Mulligan’s casting as Daisy Buchanan, recalling that after she left the audition, “I turned to Baz and said, ‘Wow, I guess we’ve seen one of the great actresses of our generation.’”
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