An Education Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan has admitted that she is "terrified" about starring in Baz Luhrmann's big-screen adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
The actress was cast as Daisy Buchanan by the Romeo and Juliet director in November 2010, and said that while she is "so excited" about working with him, she is also very nervous.
Speaking to Empire at Comic-Con International at the weekend, she said: "Terrified, of course I am.
"The whole thing was always meant to happen now, it's just [Luhrmann] cast me back then and then I think he started casting everybody else.
"[It was] just more time for me to freak out at home on my own."
Talking about her research for the role, she added: "It's been so interesting, I've had so much time and I've been able to read so much Fitzgerald.
"I've had a lot of time to get into it so I can't wait to start."
The Great Gatsby, which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki, will begin filming in September.
