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//Reflection: The application for audition correlates to the help wanted ad, seeing as the help wanted ad links directly to this page. The application suggests that the actors who have read The Great Gatsby will be considered much higher than actors who haven’t, since there are several questions asking about the novel itself. Questions are asked to see if the actor has the “gist” of Gatsby, and to see if he matches the criteria the directors/producers are searching for. Other questions (name, address, phone number) are mandatory to any application, and therefore added onto this one for realistic purposes. This application for audition provides enough information to show which actor is a reasonable candidate for "A Great Gatsby". Kaitlyn Lattanze// ==

   ==**THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS AND TIME, YOUR AUDITIONS WERE EXCELLENT AND IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION, BUT WE HAVE FOUND THE GREAT GATSBY WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR! **==


 = Full Name: Leonardo DiCaprio = Address: 358 East Egg, Hollywood, California, 10001. Email: DiCap46@fame.com Phone number(s) we can contact you at: (Mobile) 555-658-8532 (Home) 555-324-7863 Hair color: Blonde Eye color: Blue Approx. Height: 5’9’’ Approx. Weight: 147

Past Acting Experience: Main roles include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1998), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Catch Me if You Can (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Blood Diamond (2006). Currently working on The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, appearing in 2010.

If previously starred in a tv show/movie/commercial, please list the names of Director(s) and address(es) we can contact them at: Directors wish to not give away that private information after contacting them. However I have starred in multiple movies with Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. They would be glad to discuss my acting experience with you. Information can be found on their website.

Have you known of **__The Great Gatsby__** by F. Scott Fitzgerald before reading the Help Wanted Ad? (Yes) If so, who is your favorite character? Gatsby, which is why I was thrilled to find the part was still open!

Describe in a short paragraph of how you would depict Gatsby’s character: Very mysterious. Gatsby would’ve been an emotional outcast without his riches. This is obvious due to the fact that no one attended his funeral at the end of the novel. He would’ve never had anything going for him if he never met Daisy, which showed his goals to be famous were strictly based on another person. This yearned for tragedy, seeing as Gatsby considered another person before himself, which is not the correct path to true success. He gives off a vibe of energy, calling Nick “old sport”, which I find very fascinating. Gatsby’s character, I personally feel, is based on this paragraph found in the novel, //"He was a son of God - a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that - and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end."// I find Jay Gatsby to be exactly as that paragraph depicted, “a seventeen-year-old boy.” He had the ambition of a seventeen-year-old, which gave him hope. This hope, sadly, could not overcome reality, resulting in Gatsby’s unfortunate loss.

Why do you think you would be the best actor for Gatsby? I understand the concept of nostalgic love, seeing as I starred in a few movies with romance and tragedy (Titanic). I loved the mask Gatsby would hide to everyone, and I could connect with Gatsby for that reason alone. I’ve been told in real life situations to have a shy-like personality, which is how Gatsby reacts towards Daisy. I see a lot of Gatsby in myself, especially while reading the novel, and I know I can provide you “The Great Gatsby” you are looking for. I also have a huge interest in the “Jazz Age”, which will help making the script more realistic. I really hope you consider me as the part of Gatsby, for I have always enjoyed Fitzgerald’s marvelous works.

Signature: Leonardo DiCaprio