He may no longer have a chance to protect Snow White as the Huntsman for Snow White and the Huntsman, but Joel Edgerton may have what it takes to play Tom Buchanan in Gatsby.

Edgerton who was among the top Hollywood hunks to be considered for the Huntsman role landed by fellow Australian actor, Chris Hemsworth, has reportedly tested for the film’s key character.

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Citing a report by The Hollywood Reporter, the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Edgerton and Welsh actor, Luke Evans participated in readings last week.

Gatsby is a film based on the highly acclaimed novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel is set in Long Island, New York with the story line’s context developed in the 1920s.

Inception star, Leonardo DiCaprio has been cast for the lead role as Jay Gatsby.

Other stars taken in for the job include Carey Mulligan to play Daisy Buchanan, the wife of Tom Buchanan. Tom however has another love interest in the film, Myrtle Wilson to be played by Australian Isla Fisher.

Edgerton appeared in box office hit Animal Kingdom as Barry ‘Baz’ Brown.

A look at his resume show that Edgerton has been pretty busy lately with five film projects he is expected to be seen for 2011 alone. These include, The Thing (Sam Carter); Say Nothing (Dave Flannery); The Odd Life of Timothy Green (Jim Green); Warrior (Brendan London); and a short film, The Cartographer (The Envoy).

Gatsby is also set to film a number of sequences in Australia.

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