Each reader has its own image of Lisbeth Salander (‘ Millennium : Men Who Hate Women ‘). Furthermore, as we saw in the role Noomi Rapace in the first film adaptation produced in Sweden. But as personal as a director Fincher has not been reluctant to disclose their own vision of an iconic woman.
“This needed a girl that if you come across on the subway at two o’clock think you can have a serious problem with it,” says the head of ‘Fight Club’ or ‘Seven’. Fincher knew and Rooney Mara of his small (but very intense) role in ‘ social network ‘and was perfectly the profile of “androgynous and beautiful woman at the same time” he sought.
She got into the skin (piercings included) of the mysterious hacker who focuses todaslas magnetic heads with its silent presence. “I am also introverted and quiet, so the silence is easy for me,” says the actress. Rooney Mara had been preparing for over a year, a character who is openly “in love”.
Daniel Craig plays in the film, Mikael Blomkvist, a kind of alter ego of writer Stieg Larsson , who is investigating a case of murder of women. The actor tried to stay away from the long shadow of the author, “because many of the dying young things that are written about him are part of the legend. ”
On the path crosses the young journalist and left Salander. “It’s a unique girl, a powerful young man, whose power lies in having overcome the abuse as a teenager. Also, always make the right decisions. Their relationship is honest and is also part love story, “says the actor Briton.