Yavin

Since he is Swedish, I take the Stellan Skarsgard news as a good sign that they aren't going too far in "Americanizing" it for Fincher's version.

And it looks like Erika Berger has also been cast:

Neeb

Yep.

DVD Polizei

Robin Wright? Ugh.

Daytripper

What's wrong with Robin Wright? She's a terrific actress.

Giantrobo

Damn, now I gotta see the original based on the reviews here.

Sessa17

This. Dull actress that puts me to sleep. Hopefully they will completely take out her characters role like they did in the original film.

Daytripper

Given the part she's playing is a "blink and you'll miss it", unless Fincher beefs up the role, I can't see where any actress playing her would be any great shakes. The character in the Swedish version is only in it for just a few minutes here and there.

Eric D.

Yeah, but that's in the Swedish film and I doubt Fincher is basing his film off of that. If he goes by the book, she has a big role and it's even bigger in the two sequels.

fumanstan

The near elimination of the character was one of the big negatives of the Swedish film.

Sessa17

Definitely, it was one of many reasons one the Blomkvist character was so boring & one-dimensional in the film, which is the exact opposite of the charismatic guy that pretty much bangs every main female character in the books.

gryffinmaster

Looks like the role of Lisbeth has gone to Rooney Mara:



http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/08...dragon-tattoo/

Yavin

^ Seems like a decent choice and fits with Fincher's tendency to use actors he's worked with before. I see another fairly recent article on the same site stating that Fincher passed over Carey Mulligan for the role because she wasn't gritty enough, and I'd have to agree. Same goes for Natalie Portman.

But after watching The Runaways the other day, I think Kristen Stewart might actually not have made a bad Lisbeth. The problem is she has no chemistry with anyone.

sauce07

She creates chemistry between my hand and my....

Yavin

Nah, that's just friction.

devilshalo

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Yavin

^ Can't get Hulu in Canada, but I'll have to assume that's a video of "Natalie Raps". Well played

RichC2

http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/osca...-impossible-4/

Solid Snake

oh wow....

OldBoy

just saw the original and absolutely loved it. more cookie cutter ending then i was expecting, but terrific performances and tense, gritty story that i didn't predict. very well done.

OldBoy

i guess if they want her for her acting chops for Holmes 2 that would be great, but i am not sure how she would fill out those English bustiers.

fumanstan

I saw The Girl Who Played With Fire the other week and didn't think it was as big of a step down from the first one that people were saying, although then again I didn't hold the first movie in such high regard. I know people had mentioned lower production values and what not, but I didn't really notice anything to that effect. My complaint would be the same as the first movie, where a lot of characters and smaller plot lines get eliminated to fit in the time constraints of the movie and to keep it moving along. The elimination of pretty much all of the police characters was a disappointment, but Niedermann and Zalachenko and the main plot were all well done.

gryffinmaster

That's great.

DRG

Rooney Mara was by far my least favorite thing about this year's Elm Street remake, which says a lot since it wasn't *that* great of a movie to begin with.

Li

I have to agree. I hope Fincher can do something with her. I guess we'll find out when the Social Network comes out if she's any better at acting than we thought.

RichC2

I don't think that was really her fault, Elm Street 2010 was an unmitigated disaster.