What do you all think of a more vulnerable Lisbeth Salander?

[The Backlash Cometh]

Dragon Tattoo's Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander: "More Vulnerable, More Androgynous," Says Costar

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Her look still says it all. Her hair remains chopped Lisbeth short (she had the tiniest of a ponytail poking out from the back of her head) and she was even wearing one of her eyebrow rings. Wearing a black and white number from Diane von Furstenberg, Mara is still pale and noticeably thinner.

"Obviously, Fincher wanted to go with someone even younger than the Swedish version," Stellan Skarsgård, who plays Martin Vanger in the movie, recently told me. "He wanted someone more vulnerable, more androgynous and I think it pays off.

"I think Rooney is doing a great job," he said.

And Fincher, like he always does, put the cast through the ringer. But no one's actually complaining. "He said to me when we started shooting, 'This will not be fun because I do like 40 takes on each set-up,'" Skarsgård said. "I said, 'I'm not going to work with you if it's not fun—so let's have fun doing 40 takes.'"

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[ceile]

1. I don't know.

I liked Noomi Rapace because she was tough. I think this new version is going to be a colossal disaster. I will go see it when it comes out though.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. The thing is, and I could be wrong,

I always accepted Rapace's version of the character because I could see someone who was that angry, and willing to violently take down anyone who hurts her, dressed up in hard, gothic Punk. The look makes her unapproachable, which is precisely what she wants. But she also acts tough, precisely to fend people away.

Now, someone who is vulnerable...I don't see how all those variables come together in such a seamless fit.

[Chan790]

4. See I think the vulnerability is key to the character.

Why is she tough? To keep people out. Because beneath it all, she's very vulnerable & very raw.

See what happens when someone gets inside the frightful carapace? She closes up and runs away. Because she's scared of that vulnerability, because if she lets them in, they can hurt her...so when she fucks up and they get in, she has to flee...to create space, to reinforce the carapace, most-importantly to put them back on the outside.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. There was only one point, at the end of the first book, where she

begins to come out and develop an emotional attachment to the journalist. And expresses vulnerability. But everywhere else, she portrays a person who is tough as nails.

I admit that I think that Rooney has the talent to pull it off, however. I saw her in the Nightmare movie and saw glimmers of a potential Lisbeth.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. The "Girl" was one of the few movies I have seen prior to reading the book.

In my opinion, it was one of the best book adaptations I have ever seen. I hope they don't fuck it up.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. More vulnerable? Having read the books and seen all three movies...

I think vulnerability is central to her character, but she wasn't going to start seriously taking off that armor for another two or three books.

She set her rotten father on fire (then put an axe in his head) got revenge on her rapist overseer, coldly watched a serial killer die, arranged the death of her insane half brother, and stole millions from a crook.

But I never saw her as an avenging angel or superhero, much less a villainess. Just a very bright girl who would have wanted nothing more than to have lived a normal life with a loving father. All this was brought on her, and she dealt with it as best she could. What else is a girl to do-- everyone she should have trusted betrayed her.

Very slowly through the three books she's finding out that she's not alone and there are people she can depend on, but it's not easy.

The Swedish movies were excellent-- this Hollywood one has a very high bar to pass.