Rooney Mara cast as Lisbeth Salander

[MaineWriter]

Rooney Mara has been cast as Lisbeth Salander in the US version of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (the movie has already been made in Sweden). I thought this tidbit of news might be of interest to the folks here because Rooney Mara is Kate Mara's sister--Kate, who we all know as Alma, Jr.

http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/rooney-mara-gets-lisbeth-salander-role-in-dragon-tattoo/

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[Penthesilea]

This European here would have bet that "Rooney" is a male name, but hey, you live and learn .
I think she doesn't look much like her sister. And she doesn't look the least bit like the Lisbeth I mixed up with my imagination and the pic on the cover of the first book in the German version (of which I guess it's taken from the Swedish movie version).

Something I find interesting about Stieg Larsson's books: they have completely different titles in different languages, with one exception.

First one:
Män som hatar kvinnor in Swedish (= Men who hate women)
Verblendung in German (= Dazzlement)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in English


Second one:
Flickan som lekte med elden  (=the girl who played with fire)
Verdammnis  (=Perdition)
The Girl Who Played with Fire



Third one:
Luftslottet som sprängdes (=The Castle in the Air/pipedream which got blown up)
Vergebung  (=Absolution)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest


I've only read the first one so far, but am looking forward to the next two! I liked the first one very much. And who could not fall in love with the character of Lisbeth?

[Brown Eyes]

The Rooney family is the family that owns the Pittsburgh Steelers... I know the Mara family is closely tied to the Rooney family (though various family bonds, marriages, etc... I forget the exact details).  I'm sure it's meant as a family name in this case.  It's not at all a common first name here.

This European here would have bet that "Rooney" is a male name, but hey, you live and learn .
I think she doesn't look much like her sister. And she doesn't look the least bit like the Lisbeth I mixed up with my imagination and the pic on the cover of the first book in the German version (of which I guess it's taken from the Swedish movie version).

Something I find interesting about Stieg Larsson's books: they have completely different titles in different languages, with one exception.

First one:
Män som hatar kvinnor in Swedish (= Men who hate women)
Verblendung in German (= Dazzlement)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in English


Second one:
Flickan som lekte med elden  (=the girl who played with fire)
Verdammnis  (=Perdition)
The Girl Who Played with Fire



Third one:
Luftslottet som sprängdes (=The Castle in the Air/pipedream which got blown up)
Vergebung  (=Absolution)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest


I've only read the first one so far, but am looking forward to the next two! I liked the first one very much. And who could not fall in love with the character of Lisbeth?

[Monika]

I haven´t read any of the books as I seldom read books in that genre.

However, over the last couple of years, whenever I´ve traveled in the US I have encountered people reading novels by Stieg Larsson and every single time I get a powerful urge to lean over and go " hey - did you know he´s a Swedish author? And I´m Swedish! Cool, huh!?"

Relax, I´ve never once really done it.

I´m simply not used to seing Americans read novels by Swedish authors.
Can´t help but to feel a tad excited.

[Sason]

I haven't read any of those books either, Monika.

Don't plan on doing it in the near future either.


But I agree, it is exciting that they are so popular internationally!


LOL@ your pic btw!! 

[Sophia]

LOL@ your pic btw!! 

 me too

it even looks like they were ´REALLY a head of there time,  promoting cellphones and all??

[Sason]

me too

it even looks like they were ´REALLY a head of there time,  promoting cellphones and all??

Yeah, I noticed that too. In combination with the 70s looks, it's really funny.

[SFEnnisSF]

I thought this tidbit of news might be of interest to the folks here because Rooney Mara is Kate Mara's sister--Kate, who we all know as Alma, Jr.

I was wonderin' if they were related....

[Sophia]

I was wonderin' if they were related....

that´s sooo 

[Brown Eyes]

This thread is making me nostalgic for the old "Kate, Kate, Kate!" thread: http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,22491.0.html
 

Yeah, the Mara and the Rooney families are something like football "royalty"... it adds an interesting twist of irony to the "boys should watch football" Thanksgiving argument.
 

This is the info about Kate's place in the family, "She is the great-granddaughter of the founder of the New York Giants, Timothy Mara and Art Rooney, founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers. She often sings the national anthem at Giants home games."