Rosamund Pike Is The Lead In David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’
UPDATE: News that Rosamund Pike would get the lead in Fincher’s next has now been confirmed. Also,Neil Patrick HarrisandTyler Perryare being eyed for roles. The original article follows.
With Oscar-winnerBen Afflecknow set to playthe questionable husband inDavid Fincher’s next film,Gone Girl, he’s gonna need a wife to go missing. Reese Witherspoon and Charlize Theron had both been mentioned in the past but now it seemsThe World’s EndactressRosamund Pikeis the front runner. She’d play the title character, a seemingly perfect wife who mysteriously disappears, leaving her husband as the likely suspect. Fincher is hoping to shoot in the film in September with Affleck likely to push his next film –Live By Night– back a few months.
The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news of Pike’s probable casting.
Based on the 2012 novel by formerEntertainment WeeklyeditorGillian Flynn,Gone Girlwas a massive hit thanks to its innovative structure and jaw-dropping twists and turns. In fact, it was the best selling book of 2012 not associated with theFifty Shades of Greyseries. Reese Witherspoon’s company optioned the book soon after publication, but now will just produce.
Flynn is adapting the screenplay, her first, under Fincher’s wing and Affleck will push back his follow-up toArgo,Live By Night, back to accommodate the film. Now the question just becomes who’ll play the lead and Pike is the current front-runner. She’d be a great choice: beautiful, talented, and still mostly mysterious to a majority of filmgoers. That’s one major thing a A-list actress can’t provide and something that’s sure to help the audience take the crazy ride Flynn has created.
Have you readGone Girl? What do you think of this casting?
