Natalie Portman Probably Won't Be The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
And neither will Ellen Page, Emma Watson or Carey Mulligan. Page Six reports that director David Fincher is dead-set on hiring an unknown to play Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. That means it's down to the same list of usual suspects that it was in July (Rooney Mara, Léa Seydoux, Sophie Lowe and Sarah Snook). The only bit of actual news here: Fincher will likely have to make a decision on casting before Labor Day. Hold your breath! [Page Six via Vulture]
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Fincher's just fine tuning the fx so that Brad Pitt can play the part.
An unknown is an okay idea, depending of course on who it turns out to be. Rooney Mara is a remarkable actor, but Claire Danes or Franka Potente should play Lisbeth. It's important to the future history of the movies.
Did I just have a hat trick of comments of the moment?
Claire Danes and Franka Potente are both much too old to play Lisbeth, and Danes couldn't pull it off anyway.