Leonardo DiCaprio Great Gatsby, Hollywood megastar Leonardo DiCaprio touched down at Sydney airport this morning to begin filming on Baz Luhrmann's 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby.


Wearing a cap and hoodie pulled over his head, DiCaprio kept his eyes down and tapped busily on his mobile phone as he made his way to his vehicle.

Rumour has it the Hollywood heavyweight will be joined by new girlfriend Blake Lively, who narrowly missed out on the role of Daisy Buchanan in the film, during his four-month shoot.

It will be the first time Australian director Luhrmann and DiCaprio have worked together since Romeo and Juliet in 1996.

DiCaprio plays Gatsby in the adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's clasic novel and will be joined by Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan, Isla Fisher as Myrtle (Tom's mistress), and Australian newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker. Leonardo DiCaprio Great Gatsby,

The film is due for release in late 2012

The tale of doomed love has been filmed six times, the most famous being the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola-penned version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
Source: heraldsun