Indian film icon, Amitabh Bachchan, is set to make his first Hollywood feature appearance in Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY and tonight we have a great shot of him, Leonardo DiCaprio and post Spider-Man Tobey Maguire all looking in fine 1920s style. Check out the still below and then scroll down for what the great man had to say about his character:
Bachchan is playing Meyer Wolfsheim, a sophisticated Jewish money lender in Lurhmann’s film that’s based on the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. The director went to Mumbai to visit him and offered him the cameo, the legend had this to say about his role on his Twitter account:
“I play Meyer Wolfsheim for about a few seconds… by the time you look down on your popcorn to pick another morsel, I’d be gone from the film…he, he…kinda short service… But with giants of Hollywood – Leonardo DiCaprio [and] Tobey Maguire.” He continued “Mr Leonardo DiCaprio – gorgeous, no wonder all the ladies flockin’ to him – He be Gatsby. And Spiderman Tobey Maguire be his good friend. But sittin’ in the frame talkin’ to Spider-man 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,”.
THE GREAT GATSBY also stars Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Gemma Ward and opens in the UK on the 26th December.
Source: THR
