Carey Mulligan Locked Great Gatsby Role After Locking Lips With Leonardo DiCaprio
Carey Mulligan's kiss is helping her career! When it came to casting the role of Daisy Buchanan in the upcoming big screen adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," directed by Baz Luhrmann, Carey's intimate audition moment with co-star Leonardo DiCaprio helped her land the plum role. "I was terrified of reading with him. But it said in the script that Daisy kisses Gatsby, so I asked if I should, and Baz said, 'Yes,' so I kissed him," she told Access Hollywood at the junket for her upcoming 3-D movie. WATCH: Carey Mulligan Dishes On Working With Leonardo DiCaprio In The Great Gatsby Her role-winning kiss news ( Blake Lively, Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams were also up for the role) came as a surprise to the actress until just recently. "That's what I've heard, but only in the last couple of days," she continued. And when Carey got the call, she was overcome with emotion. "Lots of tears, lots of tears. I tha...