Monday, May 21, 2012

Big B’s blink-and-miss role in ‘The Great Gatsby’

Big B`s blink-and-miss role in `The Great Gatsby`It's his debut international project in an acting career of 4 decades. Or even if he has a blink-and-you-miss-it role within the" Great Gatsby", Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is worked up about sharing the frame with Hollywood biggies Leonardo Di Caprio and Tobey Maguire.

"I play Meyer Wolfsheim for roughly a couple of seconds... yaa...by the time you look down for your popcorn to select another morsel, I'd be gone from the film... he he... kinda brief service," the actor posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

Though for a short while, Amitabh might be seen sharing the screen space with Hollywood stars Tobey Maguire and Leonardo Di Caprio.

"Mr Leonardo de Caprio - he be soo gorgeous, no wonder all of the ladies flockin' to him He be Gatsby, and spiderman Tobey Maguire be his pal. But sittin' within the frame talkin' to spiderman and D (Leonardo), was pretty darn okaaaay ! whadya' say, me members of the extended families !! But they be nice and polite people, I'll say that .. nice and polite," he added.

The $125 million project is a 3D adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the similar name.

The film talks about Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, who finds himself fascinated about the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, Jay Gatsby. He's drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Other cast members for "THE NICE Gatsby" include Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan and Isla Fisher.