I’ve been really excited about the Gone Girl film adaptation since I read the book last year. As we discussed in this past weekend’s CB Book Club post, I loved Gone Girl and I think it’s probably Gillian Flynn’s best book (that I’ve read, at least). Flynn adapted the screenplay (she’s already said that she significantly changed the ending too) and David Fincher has directed the film. And now we have the first trailer… starring Ben Affleck as Nick, Rosamund Pike as Amazing Amy and Elvis Costello’s “She”.
It took me a second to figure out the identity of one of the brunette women: the woman in most of the Affleck scenes is supposed to be his sister. Did you see Emily Ratajkowski at all? She plays the (spoiler?) mistress. And I didn’t see Neil Patrick Harris either. This is a decent FIRST trailer, but they better give us more in subsequent trailers.
My takeaway… it’s the correct mood. It might be a little bit too pretty (I imagined Amy and Nick’s house to be more modern and McMansion-y) but my guess is that Rosamund Pike is going to kill it as Amy. Affleck as Nick… well, he’s fighting a losing battle because he was so grossly miscast. It should have been someone younger and smaller. I’m uncomfortable with the way he’s towering over Rosamund and how she looks younger than him.
Photos courtesy of WENN, EW.
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