Carrey Mulligan in The Great Gatsby

I knew it. I knew it.

After every credible white actress in Hollywood competed for the coveted role of Daisy Buchanan in the highly buzzed Baz Luhrmann rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, casting closed deal and the part finally went to.... Carrey Mulligan.

She is not my top choice for the role. I am a Keira Knightely fangirl who can not imagine her doing anything that does not involve the words "period costume" so imo, she should have had this in the bag. Not that I have anything against Grandma Mulligan, acting-wise. I mean, she was great in An Education. It's just that, I don't find her exciting. At all. I stare at her and immediately I feel like grabbing some yarn and knitting needles.

But my unfounded bias aside, I kind of had a feeling she'll end up getting the part. If only because the other actresses who were in the running to be America's next Daisy Buchanan (say it, like Tyra does), were either:

a) already attached with so many projects that it will be physically impossible for them to squeeze in a big budget glitterati film of this kind (ie. Scarlett Johansson who is slated to do Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo and of course the upcoming Marvel-juggernaut The Avengers)    

b) busy writing "the female version of Superbad", blowjobs and all (ie. Natalie Portman)

c) is going to have a mini-hiatus from acting (ie. Michelle Williams)

d) Serena van der Woodsen

Considering the options, and when I say that I mean OPTION D, Carrey Mulligan doesn't seem so bad after all.