Isaac’s Drive co-star is one of those actors who is excellent in every movie she’s in; this is just objectively true. That she seems like an absolute delight as a person is just a Jennifer Lawrence flavor of icing on a cakebed of talent. She also shares that ability to either choose projects that are likely to turn out great, or else she elevates the quality of every film she is a part of.
Already this year we saw her dazzle in The Great Gatsby. It was a role around which there was a healthy level of skepticism; Carey Mulligan was likely not the first actor to come to mind when people thought of Daisy Buchanan. Now it’s difficult to imagine anyone else tackling that character. She’s an actor that is dependably surprising—in other words, the best kind of actor.
She also demonstrated in Shame that she has some musical prowess that hopefully Inside Llewyn Davis will grant her the opportunity to showcase. She’s the type of performer that doesn’t wow you with natural abilities, or pipes, but with presence. Her take on “New York, New York” in Shame was mesmerizing.
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