David Fincher Sought A Modern-Day Faye Dunaway For 'Gone Girl'

 

Rosamund Pike reminded filmmaker David Fincher of Faye Dunaway, and that helped the actress land the role in new thriller "Gone Girl."

The director admits he would have cast Dunaway in the role if he had made the film 40 years ago. British star Pike plays the missing wife of Ben Affleck's character.

Fincher told Playboy:  "I wanted Faye Dunaway in Chinatown, where you think, 'This person has experienced avenues of pain that no one can articulate. Or Faye in Network, where it's, 'You're never going to get to the bottom of this, so just stop'.

"It's crazy how much Rosamund reminds me of Faye. I'd seen probably four or five things Rosamund had done, and I didn't have a good take on her. I realised why when I met her. She'd odd.

"The role is really difficult and Rosamund was born to play it."

He added: "There was a moment on the set when I overheard Rosamund asking Ben (Affleck), 'What do you think Fincher saw in me that he would cast me in this role?'"

The film centers on Nick Dunne (Affleck) who reports that his beautiful wife, Amy, has gone missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. After a media frenzy, many start to wonder whether Nick killed his wife.src starpulse.com