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Joel Edgerton and Luke Evans are circling the role of Tom Buchanan in director Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby”, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Ben Affleck was originally in talks to play Buchanan, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, but couldn’t squeeze it in between directing assignments.
Aussie Edgerton is one of the next big things in Hollywood; he just missed out on the lead role in “The Bourne Legacy” and came close to snagging James Bond a couple of years ago but has the lead roles in “The Thing” (prequel) and an upcoming Bin Laden/Navy SEAL project that Kathryn Bigelow is putting together.
Evans has appeared in such films as “Tamara Drewe”, “Clash of the Titans”, “Immortals” and “The Three Musketeers”. Like Edgerton, the British actor is one of the most sought-after young actors in Hollywood at the moment – he was also up for “Bourne”.
May the best man win.
