I'll make you a bet. Pick up Stieg Larsson's "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," make it about 50 pages in, and I promise you'll never want to put the book down again. You'll be pissed when it's over, in fact, even if you're thankful there are two more installments of the Swedish crime thrillers already available at your local bookstore.
"Dragon Tattoo" introduces us to two unforgettable characters: Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist hired to solve a 40-year-old missing person case, and Lisbeth Salander, a dark and damaged hacker who joins the investigation. Sony is deep into preproduction on an American film adaptation set to open on December 21st, 2011 — following the successful Swedish version — and seems to have located its preferred Blomkvist in Daniel Craig (no decision has been made, and there are reportedly potential scheduling conflicts for the actor involving the next James Bond flick and Jon Favreau's "Cowboys and Aliens").
A wider net is being cast for Salander, a role that has become one of the most sought after in Hollywood. Actresses such as Carey Mulligan, Ellen Page, Mia Wasikowska and Kristen Stewart have been mentioned as possible candidates. But now Thompson on Hollywood is reporting Sony and director David Fincher have focused on five mostly unknown names: Rooney Mara ("The Social Network"), Emily Browning ("Sucker Punch"), new Australian faces Sophie Lowe and Sarah Snook (interview), and an unnamed Frenchwoman.
Who would make the best Lisbeth Salander? After the jump, let's hop on the casting couch and evaluate the candidates. Read More...
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