Carey Mulligan "terrified" of 'Great Gatsby' role

Carey Mulligan has admitted that she is "terrified" about starring in Baz Luhrmann's big-screen adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

The British actress was cast as Daisy Buchanan back in November 2010, and said that she is nervous about starting rehearsals for the project next month.

"Terrified, of course I am," Mulligan told Empire at Comic-Con International this weekend.

"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," the actress explained. "[It was] just more time for me to freak out at home on my own."

Mulligan also said that the lengthy time between being cast and starting work on the project allowed her to fully research both her character and The Great Gatsby writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.

"It's been so interesting, I've had so much time and I've been able to read so much Fitzgerald," she revealed. "I've had a lot of time to get into it so I can't wait to start."

Mulligan added that she was "so excited" about getting the opportunity to work alongside the Romeo + Juliet director.

The actress is joined in The Great Gatsby cast by Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki.

The Great Gatsby begins filming in September.

Watch Carey Mulligan discuss the upcoming film at Comic-Con below:



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