Carey Mulligan rumoured cast as 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

'An Education' star Mulligan to star in Fincher's adaptation?

The splendid Carey Mulligan, Oscar nominated for her starring role in last year€™s €˜An Education€™, has been strongly linked with the title role of Lisbeth in the English language version of €˜The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo€™. Apparently Mulligan won out in casting against 5,000 candidates to land the role, but I€™m betting her past performances will have ensured she was top of the producer€™s wish list to begin with. This report is given credence by the fact that Mulligan is an avid fan of the series and said last month €œI am obsessed with those books€I would love to play Lisbeth€. The Times reports that Mulligan is favoured by the filmmakers as well as getting the vote of late author€™s family, who clearly feel she has the hard edge required to play the kick-ass, punk biker in the hard-hitting thriller series. In fact, they are said to be so convinced that they are offering her £10 million to sign up for the trilogy. This latest adaptation of Stieg Larsson€™s €œMillennium Trilogy€ of internationally best-selling novels is being directed by €˜Benjamin Button€™ helmer David Fincher and the filming is likely to happen in Canada later this year (as the books get relocated to a North American territory with a similar climate to Sweden). Fincher is ideally placed to direct the grimy, thriller series, which could do with having a similar atmosphere to the likes of €˜Fight Club€™ and €˜Se7en€™. Lisbeth was portrayed by Noomi Rapace (pictured above) in the Swedish adaptation of the novel, which grossed over $88 million worldwide earlier this year. That film€™s two Swedish language sequels, €˜The Girl Who Played with Fire€™ and €˜The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets€™ Nest€™, came out late last year in Scandinavia and will be released in the UK this August and November respectively. Mulligan will next be seen in Oliver Stone€™s €˜Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps€™this September,whilst Fincher€™s next effort is €˜The Social Network€™ which is due out in October.
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