| 1 | * ActorSharedBackground: Creator/SamWaterston is a graduate of Yale University, the same alma mater of his character, Nick Carraway. |
| 2 | * AllStarCast: Creator/RobertRedford, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/BruceDern, Creator/SamWaterston, Creator/KarenBlack, Creator/ScottWilson, Creator/LoisChiles, Creator/EdwardHerrmann, Creator/HowardDaSilva, Creator/KathrynLeighScott, Creator/VincentSchiavelli, Creator/RobertsBlossom... |
| 3 | * CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/LoisChiles was considered for Daisy Buchanan. She was given the smaller role of Jordan Baker. |
| 4 | * CreatorKiller: Following the film's failure, Jack Clayton didn't direct another film for nearly a decade. |
| 5 | * HideYourPregnancy: Creator/MiaFarrow was pregnant during filming. The director did a lot of close-up shots, and put her in a lot of flowing costumes. |
| 6 | * RealLifeRelative: Creator/SamWaterston's mother appears as an extra in the party scene. |
| 7 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 8 | ** Creator/WilliamGoldman revealed in 2000 that he campaigned for the job of adapting the script. |
| 9 | ** Creator/TrumanCapote was the original screenwriter. In his draft, Nick was a homosexual and Jordan Baker a vindictive lesbian. You can [[https://the-niche.blog/2017/10/18/hey-gays-heres-truman-capotes-hardcore-gay-screenplay-of-the-great-gatsby-for-real-this-time/ find the screenplay here.]] |
| 10 | ** Creator/RobertTowne refused a chance to write the screenplay, despite a $175,000 salary, saying "I didn't want to be the unknown Hollywood screenwriter who fucked up a literary classic." Instead, he wrote ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''. |
| 11 | ** Creator/MarlonBrando turned down the role of Jay Gatsby because producers would not submit to his salary demands. Creator/WarrenBeatty wanted to direct the film and suggested that Robert Evans play the role himself. Creator/JackNicholson didn't believe Ali [=MacGraw=] (the original Daisy) was appropriate for the role. Creator/SteveMcQueenActor also turned it down. |
| 12 | ** Creator/NatalieWood was offered the role of Daisy, but she allegedly balked when the producers insisted on a screen test because the actress hadn't been in a movie for nearly 5 years. Also considered were Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/JulieChristie, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/CybillShepherd and Creator/FayeDunaway, who even named a chapter in her autobiography "Searching for Gatsby". |
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