Gemma Ward To Star In 'The Great Gatsby'

There's been no shortage of models making the leap from the catwalk to the big screen lately.

This summer, we saw Rosie Huntington-Whiteley star in "Transformers 3." Then we learned that Sasha Pivovarova will appear in autumn's "In Time" alongside Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.

And last week, we reported that Natalia Vodianova will play opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in World War II-era love story, "Belle du Seigneur."

The latest supermodel to hit the silver screen? Runway beauty Gemma Ward, who has just signed onto the cast of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby." It's a great fit for the Aussie model: coincidentally, the 1920s New York-set project is, for reasons unknown, filming down under.

This isn't Ward's first foray into film, as she played a mermaid in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." But she is said to have a larger role in the F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation.

Though her character has not yet been confirmed, the New York Observer notes that the most prominent female part up for grabs is Catherine, Myrtle Wilson's sister. Carey Mulligan already has dibs on Daisy Buchanan.

Who do you think she'll play?

Comments

[Sundae Driver]

05:01 AM on 08/31/2011

I believe this will be the third movie attempt for this novel. I hope it turns out better than the first two. "Gatsby," one of my very favorite novels, seems to be very difficult to translate to the screen. I tend to doubt success again this time.

The greatness of the novel is the narration, and unless we have a narrator reading the entire book word-for-word over the visual images, a movie can never equal Fitzgerald.s greatest work. Some literary works are best left that way.

[Sundae Driver]

05:25 AM on 08/31/2011

Make the first sentence of the second graph: "The greatness of the novel is the WRITING..."

Sorry 'bout that. I should wait until I'm fully awake before I start typing.

[Itsafact]

01:48 AM on 08/31/2011

Why does Hollywood (or should I say "Hooeywood") insist on remaking movies that have been made a number of times? The story of Gatsby has been told and retold in two or three full-length movies on the big screen and one on the small screen. What is the point of making the same movie over and over again? It's like remaking Titanic again and again and again. The story is always going to end the same way and we know it by heart. Move on to something new and fresh! This one threatens to go right down the drain, I predict.

[jesusandme46]

11:14 PM on 08/30/2011

this is what acting schools are for...leave the old movie alone . ..this remake will go down the tubes

[SRM2029]

09:22 PM on 08/30/2011

Gemma should play Daisey. And, I've always had Brad Pitt pegged for Gatsby!

[ricpantale]

08:57 PM on 08/30/2011

Leave it to Dumb Hollywood to film Gatsby in Australia.......

[bech5514]

07:51 PM on 08/30/2011

She can't even hold a candle to Mia Farrow with Robert Redford in their film of Gatsby. This is a non-starter.

[fattrucker]

07:25 PM on 08/30/2011

I've always felt that Gatsby is the most over rated book ever written.

[silencedogooder]

07:09 PM on 08/30/2011

beautiful lady. it's filming in oz? the plot thickens.

[jacmed]

02:46 PM on 08/30/2011

But can she act? I guess we'll find out. It's amazing to me, though, that celebrities who have never been in the acting field and never had any ambitions to be actors end up as actors. Some who come to mind are Alex Karras (in Victor Victoria), Dick Butkus (in various movies and TV shows), and Mikhail Barishnikov (in White Nights and Company Business). These three have done pretty well as actors (not great, nowhere near award status, but not nauseating, either). You just never know.

[donidarko]

01:08 PM on 08/30/2011

Justin Timberlake in another movie? Please, spare us. He looks and acts like a little weasel or a little girl with his little girl mannerisms and voice. He's the ultimate effeminate twink.

[shelagh63]

11:39 AM on 08/30/2011

Kristina Hendricks as Myrtle. Mila Kunis as Jordan, Gemma as Daisy,

[saysaycollins]

05:22 PM on 08/30/2011

oooh Hendricks would be perfect for Myrtle. I seen Jordan more tall and athletic, but I can't put a finger on who.

[Megan Riona]

04:29 PM on 08/31/2011

All three of these roles have actually already been cast.

http://www.bazthegreatsite.com/thegreatgatsbymovie.htm

[theswagg]

11:23 AM on 08/30/2011

I don't think she is that pretty as others have posted. Take a cold shower guys.

[Dede Eagleburger]

11:20 AM on 08/30/2011

If Baz is doing this, it WILL be awesome!

[rkeeeballs]

10:37 AM on 08/30/2011

What a face ...those eyes will melt some hearts..hope she has babies in the future...I volunteer to help...lol

[wakohnen]

10:18 AM on 08/30/2011

This is one blonde that will make you weak in the knees. Very pretty, but maybe it is just me and my weakness for pretty blonde ladies.