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* AbilityOverAppearance: In the book, Meyer Wolfsheim is described as being a small, White man. In the movie, the character is portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan, who stands at six feet and is Indian, was selected for the part based on his acting ability.

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* AbilityOverAppearance: In the book, Meyer Wolfsheim is described as being a small, White man. In the movie, the character is portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan, who stands at six feet and is Indian, and was selected for the part based on his acting ability.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in New York City and Long Island, but filmed in Sydney, Australia.
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* ApprovalOfGod: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s granddaughter praised the film and even thought that Fitzgerald himself would have been proud if he had been alive to see it.
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* FakeAmerican: Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine, Dan Cody, and George are classic American characters played by Australians. Daisy is played by Creator/CareyMulligan who is British while Meyer Wolfsheim is played by UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actor, Creator/AmitabhBachchan.

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* FakeAmerican: Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine, Dan Cody, and George are classic American characters played by Australians. Daisy is played by Creator/CareyMulligan who is British while Meyer Wolfsheim is played by UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actor, actor Creator/AmitabhBachchan.
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* FakeAmerican: Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine, Dan Cody, and George are classic American characters played by Australians. Daisy is played by Creator/CareyMulligan who is British while Wolfshiem is played by UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actor, Creator/AmitabhBachchan.

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* FakeAmerican: Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine, Dan Cody, and George are classic American characters played by Australians. Daisy is played by Creator/CareyMulligan who is British while Wolfshiem Meyer Wolfsheim is played by UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actor, Creator/AmitabhBachchan.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: In the book, Meyer Wolfsheim is described as being a small, White man. In the movie, the character is portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan, who stands at six feet and is Indian, was selected for the part based on his acting ability.

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** Creator/JessicaAlba, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/EvaGreen, Creator/RebeccaHall, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Creator/NataliePortman,
Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Creator/OliviaWilde and Creator/MichelleWilliams were considered to play Daisy Buchanan.

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** Creator/JessicaAlba, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/EvaGreen, Creator/RebeccaHall, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Creator/NataliePortman,
Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Creator/OliviaWilde and Creator/MichelleWilliams were considered to play Daisy Buchanan.

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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/CareyMulligan has since revealed that she's not a fan of her own performance in this movie, believing that the huge scale of the project overwhelmed her at the time. After completing it she decided to focus on smaller films that would be more likely to have smaller and more tightly knit casts and crews.



* RealitySubtext: Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio and Creator/TobeyMaguire have been good friends since the '90s. This is reflected in Tom (Maguire)'s loyalty to Gatsby ([=DiCaprio=]).

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* RealitySubtext: Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio and Creator/TobeyMaguire have been good friends since the '90s. This is reflected in Tom (Maguire)'s Nick's loyalty to Gatsby ([=DiCaprio=]).Gatsby.
* ReleaseDateChange: Original release date was December 2012, which was then moved back to July 2013, and then finally rescheduled for May 2013.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BenAffleck was offered the role of Tom Buchanan, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/{{Argo}}''.

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** Creator/JessicaAlba, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/EvaGreen, Creator/RebeccaHall, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Creator/NataliePortman,
Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Creator/OliviaWilde and Creator/MichelleWilliams were considered to play Daisy Buchanan.
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Creator/BenAffleck was offered the role of Tom Buchanan, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/{{Argo}}''.''Film/{{Argo}}''. Creator/BradleyCooper and Creator/LukeEvans were considered.
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* DawsonCasting: Carey Mulligan (26), who played Daisy in a flashback when the character was 18.
* FakeAmerican: Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine, Dan Cody, and George are played by Australians. Daisy is played by Creator/CareyMulligan who is British while Wolfshiem is played by UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actor, Creator/AmitabhBachchan.
* RealitySubtext: Leonardo [=DiCaprio=] and Tobey Maguire are actually good friends in real life.

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* DawsonCasting: Carey Mulligan Creator/CareyMulligan (26), who played Daisy in a flashback when the character was 18.
* FakeAmerican: Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine, Dan Cody, and George are classic American characters played by Australians. Daisy is played by Creator/CareyMulligan who is British while Wolfshiem is played by UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actor, Creator/AmitabhBachchan.
* RealitySubtext: Leonardo [=DiCaprio=] Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio and Tobey Maguire are actually Creator/TobeyMaguire have been good friends since the '90s. This is reflected in real life.Tom (Maguire)'s loyalty to Gatsby ([=DiCaprio=]).

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Two of Gatsby's associates - Herzog the butler and Trimalchio the emcee - later reappeared [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad two years later]] in another Australian film as minions of Immortan Joe (the Bullet Farmer and the Coma-Doof Warrior respectively).



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BenAffleck was offered the role of Tom Buchanan, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/{{Argo}}''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BenAffleck was offered the role of Tom Buchanan, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/{{Argo}}''.''Film/{{Argo}}''.
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* DawsonCasting: Carey Mulligan (26), who played Daisy in a flashback when the character was 18.
* FakeAmerican: Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, Catherine, Dan Cody, and George are played by Australians. Daisy is played by Creator/CareyMulligan who is British while Wolfshiem is played by UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actor, Creator/AmitabhBachchan.
* RealitySubtext: Leonardo [=DiCaprio=] and Tobey Maguire are actually good friends in real life.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Two of Gatsby's associates - Herzog the butler and Trimalchio the emcee - later reappeared [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad two years later]] in another Australian film as minions of Immortan Joe (the Bullet Farmer and the Coma-Doof Warrior respectively).
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The actors who play young and teen Gatsby actually look and act very convincingly like Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BenAffleck was offered the role of Tom Buchanan, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/{{Argo}}''.

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