Girl is Getting a Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara

An actress named Rooney Mara has been cast in the high profile role of Lisbeth Salander in the American remakes of Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo stories.  If the rumors are true (and who the heck knows for sure) everyone from Kristin Stewart to Scarlett Johansson was in the running for the role.  Oh, and Ellen Page.  Her too.

Rooney is relatively unknown (she was in Youth in Revolt, and The Winning Season) but she was already set to make her mark in the hotly anticipated The Social Network.  With this casting,  she's on track to be an "It Girl."

Daniel Craig, currently out of Bond films to work on, was already cast in the role of Mikail Blomkvist, the journalist who collaborates with the fierce, brilliant Lisbeth to solve crimes.

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