<Li> David Clennon as Rand Elliott, Amy's father </Li> <Li> Kathleen Rose Perkins as Shawna Kelly </Li> <P> Gone Girl is a film adaptation of Flynn's 2012 novel of the same name . One of the film's executive producers, Leslie Dixon, read the manuscript of the novel in 2011 and brought it to the attention of Reese Witherspoon (who was originally slated to play Amy) in December of that year . Witherspoon and Dixon then collaborated with Bruna Papandrea to further develop the manuscript--with Flynn's film agent, Shari Smiley, they met with film studios in early 2012 . </P> <P> Following the release of the novel in June 2012, the 20th Century Fox studio optioned the book in a deal with Flynn, in which the author negotiated that she would be responsible for the first draft of the screenplay . By around October 2012, Flynn was engaged in the production of the first draft while she was also involved in the promotional tour for her novel . A first - time screenwriter at the time, Flynn later admitted: "I certainly felt at sea a lot of times, kind of finding my way through ." </P>

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