The problem-and the glorious thing-about The Dig is its subject, the discovery and initial excavation of the largest archaeological project in British history. It’s great that Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes and Lily James are cast in The Dig since they provide the mega wattage necessary to make the film palatable to a big audience. What sort of roles will she be offered in the next decade? Will they really suit the award winning actor? How hot does a woman have to be to continue as a star? No one is saying she’s too old for the part indeed, she’s too young.

Now in The Dig, she’s cast as an aging aristocrat intent on finding an ancient ruin on her grounds.

When Promising Young Woman was released at Christmas, she was snidely treated by one of Variety’s critics as not being “hot enough” to be that film’s feminist fatale. Case in point: Carey Mulligan, who played Scott Fitzgerald’s American dream girl Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby just eight years ago and has since made a huge impact on stage as a young woman being pursued by a former older employer in a remount of David Hare’s Skylight in London and Broadway. We’ve all heard how tough it is for women to be cast in films. Starring: Natasa Stork (Marta Vizy), Viktor Bodo (Janos Drexler), Benett Vilmmanyi (Alex), Zsolt Nagy (Krivan Barna), Peter Toth (Psychiatrist) Hungarian entry into Foreign Language Oscars Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Starring: Carey Mulligan (Edith Pretty), Ralph Fiennes (Basil Brown), Lily James (Peggy Preston), Johnny Flynn (Rory Lomax), Ben Chaplin (Stuart Piggott), Ken Stott (Charles Phillips), Archie Barnes (Robert Pretty), Monica Dolan (May Brown) Moira Buffini, script based on John Preston’s book The Dig and Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Timeĭigging up artifacts and finding romance in unique locations

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