Gunning for Gatsby A few days after confirming that a sequel to
The A-Team movie was not in development,
Bradley Cooper is now gunning for
a completely different role – a cocky blue-blooded husband named Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrman’s upcoming 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
The Great Gatsby. Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as his love interest Daisy/Tom’s wife are already locked in. Cooper has said “To me, he’s the best character in the book. He’s so complicated. He’s xenophobic, he’s an alcoholic. Whoever plays [the role] has to take a gentle hand, because it could so easily be stock, where he’s the rich jerk you don’t identify with at all.” While that may sound like a Mel Gibson biopic, can Cooper, who’s done a great job in the action and comedy genres, pull of this dramatic role?
--Derrick Deane