Carey Mulligan joins Ryan Gosling in 'Drive'

Actress Carey Mulligan is in talks to join Ryan Gosling in "Drive," an action thriller based on the novel by James Sallis. Bryan Cranston is also boarding the project, which Nicolas Winding Refn is direcrting.

Gosling plays a Hollywood stuntman who spends some of his time as getaway driver during robberies. One day things spin out of control, and he finds himself on the run with an ex-con’s girlfriend (Mulligan).

Hossein Amini penned the script. Mulligan, the star of "An Education," will next be seen in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps." Cranston is starring on "Breaking Bad." (Source: Risky Business)