Affleck in running for 'Great Gatsby' role

Ben Affleck is in talks to take on the role of Tom Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'.

The 'Town' actor has reportedly been approached to star as the protagonist Jay Gatsby's (Leonardo DiCaprio) arch-rival Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel which will also star Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan.