Emily Ratajkowski commanded everyones attention in Robin Thickes controversial Blurred Lines video, and the fast-rising model-actress has now landed her first major movie role. According to The Wrap, the 21-year-old has been cast in David Finchers upcoming film Gone Girl, an adaptation of the bestselling mystery novel by Gillian Flynn.
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Gone Girl tells the story of Nick Dunne, played by Ben Affleck, who deals with the disappearance of his wife Amy Dunne, played by Rosamund Pike, and his possible role in her vanishing. Ratajkowski will play Andie, a college student who has an affair with Nick and later teams with Amys parents in an attempt to prove Nicks role in her disappearance. Ratajkowski isnt a total newbie to acting; she previously appeared on Nickelodeons iCarly and Foxs New Girl.
Tyler Perry is also on board as Nicks defense attorney, Tanner Bolt, and Carrie Coon will play Nicks twin sister, Margo. Neil Patrick Harris will play supporting character Desi Collins, and Kim Dickens and Patrick Fugit are set as detectives working on the case.
Production for Gone Girl starts this fall; the film is scheduled for a 2015 release.