Actress set to play Lisbeth Salander in remake 'too soft'???

[anonymous]

Its not looking good for the inevitably doomed remake so far...

 

[Rosalie M]

Well Lisbeth is supposed to be quite elfin and child-like according to the books.

 

[Uchiha]

Yes, it's her character that's tough and complex. She's not supposed to look like Brigitte Nielsen.

 

[doverboi12]

Well she does box doesnt she? Anyway I think the quotes are that her face is meant to look gaunt and hard rather than her body

 

[Cassie xx]

I think a lashing of Goth make-up will achieve that effect.

 

[Isabelle C.]

Firstly I would say that the idea this film is inevitably doomed is total nonsense, the books are flying out of the shops and he was the second best selling author of last year. People are talking already about who is being cast in the roles and they haven't even thought about filming it yet. This film will be eagerly anticipated and will almost certainly do good box office. What are you basing your idea on that it is doomed?

Secondly, although this guy translated the book, it doesn't give him any more insight into what the character should look like when played on screen than you or me. He had no artistic input into the character and as such his opinion is simply that, an opnion. He hardly speaks for Stig Larsson. He clearly feels he wasn't paid enough for the translations and so neeRAB to make more money by spouting this rubbish. Who is this guy and what qualifies him to make these assertions?

Thirdly, there is no way on earth that we can know how good or not she will be until we see the film. But someone has chosen her and I suspect that someone involved with the novel will have approved her.

Fourthly, as others have said, she's supposed to be tiny and skinny. Rooney looks about right to me.

 

[lauuuuren.]

I think it's a great shame they didn't even consider the Swedish actress, Noomi Rapace, for the Hollywood role, as she is absolutely spot on in the original

 

[Cutie wit a bootie]

Although I agree I read somewhere that she decided that she doesn't want to play Lisbeth Salander again and would have turned the role down even if she had been asked. There's also the possiblity that her English isn't good enough to play the role.

 

[Marina]

well it's a shame...and the thought of it all being done i n AMerican is disappointing too!! I'm intrigued to see what it's goingto be like, but it will have to go a long way to beat the original, esp the original in Swedish

 

[Janu42 {?uotable}]

Ellen Page shuld of gotten the role

 

[LeeRAHH]

Well, if she is a good actress she will pull off the role, and I assume she will go through training to 'buff' up a bit before filming starts.