Oh, also: Keep your mouth free of coffee, tea, vodka and/or other popular morning-time drinks, lest the resultant spittake soak your monitor: Natalie Portman is hilarious enough at 11-4 odds (the role famously requires nudity that Portman has already said she plans to avoid going forward), but Emma Watson as the runner-up? Newly shedded locks aside, I'd want a little better than 4-1 payoff to accurately bet Watson would jump into another franchise right out of Harry Potter (especially an R-rated one) when she has higher education to pursue. Or maybe this is just the palate cleanser she needs! Either way, again, grain of salt.
French actress Lea Seydoux is a legit front runner... Kristen Stewart, no... Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank) is actually a great call, though Sony wants someone who can open at least a little... Ellen Page, no... so on and so forth, all the way down to Salander's Swedish originator Noomi Rapace at 50-1. I'm not quite sure what the bookmakers' criteria are besides a little fast publicity (efforts to contact Paddy Power, the prolific Irish bookmaker responsible for the odds just sent Movieline's way, were unsuccessful), but just in case you felt like starting an office pool on this, here's somewhere to start:*
11/4: Natalie Portman
4/1: Emma Watson
6/1: Lea Seydoux
8/1: Kristen Stewart
8/1: Katie Jarvis
10/1: Ellen Page
10/1: Sarah Snook
12/1: Rooney Mara
14/1: Evan Rachel Wood
14/1: Carey Mulligan
16/1: Emily Browning
20/1: Mia Wasikowska
20/1: Keira Knightley
25/1: Anne Hathaway
25/1: Eva Green
25/1: Olivia Thirlby
33/1: Franka Potente
40/1: Michelle Ryan
40/1: Scarlett Johansson
50/1: Noomi Rapace
*Which doesn't constitute an endorsement from Movieline! Just saying.
[via Paddy Power]