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The results are in. An actress has been selected to play the coveted (and decidedly not Hollywood) role of Lisbeth Salander in America's version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Her name is Rooney Mara and I've never heard of her. This is a good thing.
I loved the book (which is Swedish) and reviewed the Swedish version of the film for AltDaily a few months ago. Noomi Rapace was so perfect in the role in the original film, I already am having trouble imaginging someone else playing this role. Rumors were swirling for months it was going to be a variety of Hollywood starlets, girls too polished, pretty, and really--too sane to tackle a role like this and do it justice.
I'm still not convinced the US version needs to be made at all. Daniel Craig will be playing Mikael and Robin Wright will play Erika, so Hollywood's already repping pretty hard. I guess that's business, though. The story's potential to reach a larger audience than a Swedish indie film may, in the end, make it worth it for me.
The Girl Who Played With Fire (aka Part Two) premiers this weekend at The Naro, so I will definiately be there...as should you in case us 'Mericans totally fuck this up.
