Carey Mulligan To Drive with Ryan Gosling

Carey Mulligan, the pretty and talented actress who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in "An Education" is set to star alongside Ryan Gosling in Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive" according to Risky Business.

"Drive" has been in the works for some time and originally was set to be a Hugh Jackman vehicle directed by Neil Marshal, but earlier this year it was all change as Bronson director Refn came on board and Gosling moved into the drivers seat.

The film is based on James Sallis novel about a stuntman (Gosling) who moonlights as a freelance getaway driver, Mulligan would play the girlfriend of an ex-con along for the ride when a botched bank heist leads to a contract being put out on the driver, Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) is also in negotiations for a role.

The cast is certainly aiming for the hip and edgy as opposed to bankable side of things, both Gosling and Mulligan received Oscar nominations for indie films and Cranston is the lead in the "Dark and nihilistic" TV show "Breaking bad," plus director Refn is known for oddball and gritty indie films, but I wonder if Universal see this as a mainstream action film first and foremost, the plot is certainly pretty basic and from what I've read the film centers on big car chases.

Filming begins next month in Los Angeles and I am hoping things go well as Gosling, like Joseph Gordon Levitt, has the potential to head up the next wave of great actors, he just needs a film to really break him to the mainstream.