Carey Mulligan will stay at home and bake if she grows tired of acting.
The British actress has appeared in a string of successful movies including An Education, Never Let Me Go and Drive. She has also landed a role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby.
Although Carey is passionate about making films, she would happily give it all up and become a housewife if she ever feels disillusioned with Hollywood.
“I’m not going to work for the sake of working,” she said in an interview with Collider. “I’ll work, if I’m extraordinarily lucky enough to continue having the same opportunities, but it will be based on whatever is there. If there’s nothing around, then I’ll go home and make carrot cake for a while.”
Carey is engaged to Mumford and Sons frontman Marcus Mumford. It was recently reported the pair are hoping to buy a farmhouse in the British countryside.
For now though, Carey is focusing on her career.
She was thrilled to land the role of Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann’s big screen adaptation of the classic 1920s tale.
Carey loves playing ditzy Daisy and finds it a refreshing change from her other movie roles.
“She’s such a good character. She’s so much fun to play. She’s just whipped cream,” she added. “She’s light and fluffy with no substance, and she knows it, and that’s her tragedy. It’s fun. I’ve not played anyone like her, and I wanted to be in a Baz Luhrmann film.”
The 26-year-old beauty went on to reveal her friends were thrilled to hear she would be working with Hollywood icon Leonardo. Carey was also overwhelmed at the prospect.
“Leonardo is the most incredible actor, on the planet, with a couple of people alongside him,” she gushed. “I walked away from my audition and I couldn’t believe that I’d been acting with him. I’ve worked with amazing people, but my friends freak out that I’m working with him. I freak out in a geeky acting way.
“They freak out in a starstruck way. He’s Leonardo DiCaprio, and his fame is so big.”
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