First look at Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander

Call me a heretic, call me what you will. Say I’m old fashioned, say I’m over the hill. But THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO was a total bore. Like everyone else, I got the book and read it, but unlike everyone else, I mostly hated it. I haven’t felt this out of the loop since the LORD OF THE RINGS debacle of the early 2000s. So I’m not sure I really care whether or not Rooney Mara is a dead ringer for Lisbeth Salander, the book’s heroine, but I know many of you do. And now Mara has been spotted in Lisbeth gear while motorcycle training for the film.

Actual filming on DRAGON TATTOO isn’t scheduled to begin production until October after director David Fincher wraps up his responsibilities on THE SOCIAL NETWORK but Mara is doing some prep work and this gives you an idea of what to expect. This isn’t her actual costume from the film but she does have the haircut and pale complexion down pat. Check out a sampling below and click on any of the pics to head to RooneyMara.net (she has her own .net?) to see more.