How Isla Fisher’s Myrtle Died The great Gatsby Who will take responsibility? Like the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel on which it is based, director Baz Luhrmann The great Gatsby The story takes place on the affluent North Shore of Long Island, New York, in the summer of 1922. The film tells the heartbreaking story of emerging millionaire Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is obsessed with reuniting with people. ex-lover Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan). Eventually, Gatsby asks Daisy’s neighbor and cousin Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) to help win Daisy’s heart back, and the two begin a relationship. The problem is that Daisy is married to Tom (Joel Edgerton), a haughty sociopath born into the aristocracy.
Tom is no match for Daisy either. He himself is romantically involved with Myrtle Wilson (Isla Fisher), a working-class mountaineer, and Tom rents an apartment in Manhattan for their date. Myrtle is married. She’s the wife of mechanic George Wilson (Jason Clarke), who runs a depressed Queens industrial garage where Tom often stops for gas.
On a hot sunny day, things are bound to go awry. The great Gatsby In the third act, Daisy and Gatsby plan to tell Tom about their relationship. When Daisy gets cold feet, she advises Tom to travel into town with Tom, insisting that he drive Gatsby’s gorgeous yellow Duesenberg while Gatsby drives Tom’s elegant blue coupe. On the way to Manhattan, Tom stops by George’s garage and learns that he and Myrtle plan to move out because he suspects her of an affair. The group ends up at the Plaza Hotel, where Tom reveals that he knows about Daisy and Gatsby’s affair, and forces Daisy to live with him by mocking Gatsby’s low social status. Tom orders Gatsby to drive Daisy home in his luxury car, knowing she won’t rekindle the affair.
On their way back to Long Island, Daisy and Gatsby pass George’s garage, where George is beating his wife. Thinking that Tom was still driving Gatsby’s car, Myrtle ran to pick him up, but was hit by a bullet and died. At this point, Gatsby appears to be driving and Myrtle is shot as he tries to get out of her way. However, The great Gatsby It is clear that Daisy is behind the wheel and therefore responsible for Myrtle’s death, but Gatsby intends to be responsible.
Isla Fisher’s death in Myrtle sparked more tragic events. Tom convinces a distraught George that Gatsby attacked Myrtle, so George shoots Gatsby before shooting himself. The great Gatsby The finale ended in a rather sad way, with the media speculating about Gatsby’s death while portraying him as the man who had an affair with Myrtle and was responsible for the hit-and-run crash that led to the Myrtle’s death, while Day Sy (who was the real killer) and Tom (who was definitely involved in the deaths of Myrtle, Gatsby, and George) got away.