The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Evil shall with evil be expelled.
Country
Budget
$90 000 000
Box office
$232 617 430
Director
Actors
Scenario
Camera operator
Jeff Cronenweth
Composer
Artist
Donald Graham Burt, Patrick Perez, Kyle Gaulin
Audition
Laray Mayfield, Jeanette Klintberg, Sasha Robertson
Editing
Short description
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
What's left behind the scenes
- Carey Mulligan, Elliot Page, Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman, Mia Wasikowska, Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway, Olivia Thirlby, Emily Browning, Eva Green, Scarlett Johansson, Sophie Lowe, Sarah Snook, Léa Seydoux, Emma Watson, Evan Rachel Wood, and Katie Jarvis were considered for the lead role.
- In the film, Blomkvist tells Lisbeth that he had the same Triumph motorcycle when he was young. In reality, Rooney Mara's character rides a Honda CB350s motorcycle.
- Johnny Depp, Viggo Mortensen, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney were considered for the lead male role.
- When the hacker Plague first appears on screen, he is wearing a black t-shirt with a white logo of the band “Nine Inch Nails,” whose member Trent Reznor is the film’s composer.
- In one scene, the character reads that Hans Erik Wennerström founded a company with a capital of $30 billion. However, the article shows that the capital is only 60 million krona, which corresponds to approximately $10 million.
- Daniel Craig's character sits in a diner after the trial, a diner where Ellen Nykvist, the daughter of actor Mikael Nykvist – who played Mikael Blomkvist in the Swedish "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" – worked while in school.
- After the trial, Daniel Craig's character sits in a diner where Ellen Nyqvist worked during her school years; she is the daughter of actor Mikael Nyqvist, who played Mikael Blomkvist in the Swedish version of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'.
- Max von Sydow was considered for the role of Henrik Vanger.
- September 3, 1967, is the official date of Sweden's transition from left-hand to right-hand traffic. The girl disappeared in 1966. However, during the yacht club parade, it can be seen that all motorists are driving on the right side of the road and the steering wheels are on the left side of all cars, even though Sweden still had left-hand traffic at that time.
- At the beginning of the film, Lisbeth Salander intends to give her guardian a book about Bobby Fischer. David Fincher, for his part, had intended to make a movie about Fischer.
- To transform the lean and athletic Daniel Craig into the clumsy office worker Blomkvist, the costume designers dressed him in several layers of t-shirts and sweaters.
- David Fincher rejected Scarlett Johansson for the role of Lisbeth Salander because he considered her too sexualized for the part.
- Following a plan approved by Fincher himself, Rooney Mara got piercings in all the places required by the script in a single day, even though she had never worn earrings before.
- The filming period in Sweden coincided with the coldest winter in the last 20 years.
- David Fincher rejected Scarlett Johansson for the role of Lisbeth Salander, as he considered her too sexy for the part.
- The film is based on Stieg Larsson's novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Män som hatar kvinnor, 2004).
- Mikael's MacBook is too modern for 2006. MacBooks with a black keyboard first began to be released in 2008.
- Following a plan approved by Fincher himself, Rooney Mara got piercings in all the locations required by the script in a single day, despite never having worn even earrings before.
- At the beginning of the film, Lisbeth Salander intends to give her guardian a book about Bobby Fischer. David Fincher, in turn, had planned to make a film about Fischer.
- In one scene, Martin pours wine from a bottle into a decanter, after which the decanter becomes almost full. But after a while, you can notice that the wine level in the decanter has decreased, even though no one has touched it.
- In the film, Blomkvist tells Lisbeth that he had the same Triumph motorcycle in his youth. In reality, Rooney Mara's character rides a Honda CB350s.
- Max von Sydow could have played Henrik Vanger.
- At the end of the film, in the cafe, Blomkvist throws a newspaper onto the table. A few seconds later, when a man approaches the table, it lies completely differently.
- In his first on-screen appearance, the hacker Plague is wearing a black T-shirt with a white Nine Inch Nails logo, a band featuring the film's composer, Trent Reznor.
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