<P> Mira Sorvino played Daisy in the 2000 film adaptation . </P> <P> In the 2013 film adaptation, Daisy is portrayed by Carey Mulligan . Mulligan had two 90 - minute auditions, which she found to be fun and served as her initial encounters with Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrayed Gatsby, and who read with her both days . Mulligan left the audition, unsure she had secured the role, but was satisfied to have played off DiCaprio . Mulligan read the novel in preparation for auditioning for the role, finding the book to be accessible due to its length . Mulligan was familiar with the dislike some readers of The Great Gatsby had for the character, but felt she could not "think that about her, because I can't play her thinking she's awful ." Mulligan strayed from watching Farrow's prior portrayal of Daisy, believing she might steal from Farrow's performance subconsciously for her own . Director Baz Luhrmann confirmed Mulligan had been cast as Daisy in November 2010, one month after she acquired the role . After the confirmation, Time assessed Mulligan as being attractive but in a childlike way, a contrast to Daisy's womanly beauty in the novel . Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter in his review of the film wrote that viewers had their own ideals about Daisy's character and would debate whether Mulligan "has the beauty, the bearing, the dream qualities desired for the part, but she lucidly portrays the desperate tear Daisy feels between her unquestionable love for Gatsby and fear of her husband ." </P> <P> Tricia Paoluccio portrayed Daisy in the American Masters episode "Novel Reflections: The American Dream". Starting in 2006, in the Simon Levy version of the play, Daisy was portrayed by Heidi Armbruster, who according to Quinton Skinner, "is full of loony momentary enthusiasms and a dangerous sensuality, though by the second act, Armbruster's perf veers toward hollow mannerisms ." Daisy was portrayed by Monte McGrath in the 2012 version of the play, and her performance was met with acclaim . Daisy is portrayed by Madeleine Herd in an adaptation by Independent Theater productions . </P> <P> According to his own letters and diary entries, Fitzgerald's character of Daisy was based on Chicago socialite and debutante, Ginevra King . He had met on a visit back home in St. Paul, Minnesota while enrolled as a student at Princeton University . Immediately infatuated with her, according to his biographer Andrew Mizner, Fitzgerald "remained devoted to Ginevra as long as she would allow him to", wrote to her "daily the incoherent, expressive letters all young lovers write", and she would become his inspiration for Daisy, as well as several other characters in his novels and short stories . </P>

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