Isla Fisher is in talks to join
Baz Luhrmann's 3D adaptation of
The Great Gatsby at Warner Bros, according to
The Hollywood Reporter. If talks go well she would play Myrtle, a married woman having an affair with the wealthy Tom Buchanan (a role
Ben Affleck turned down this week) Fisher joins the already cast
Leonardo DiCaprio (as Jay Gatsby),
Tobey Maguire (Nick Carraway) and
Carey Mulligan (Daisy Buchanan).
F. Scotts Fitzgeralds classic 20s set, American Dream deconstruction novel has been adapted by Luhrmann with his regular co-scribe
Craig Pearce (Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge). Filming is said to begin late summer.