Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Noomi Rapace, the actress who first brought Lisbeth Salander to the silver screen in the Swedish film adaptations of Seig Larson's insanely popular series of books which began with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. David Fincher, as you should damn well know by now, is helming an English-language remake. Unfortunately Ms. Rapace is being replaced with the up and coming Rooney Mara.
Don't be sad, though. Noomi is set to be the female lead of the SHERLOCK HOLMES sequel opposite Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law's Dr. Watson according to the lovely Borys Kit at his Heat Vision Blog. He doesn't know exactly what part Noomi is to play, but there's speculation she's a French gypsy.
There's no mention of Rachel McAdams in Borys' article, so I have no idea if she'll be back, but we do know that Moriarty will be a pivotal figure this time out, Sherlock's smarter brother Mycroft is involved and that Guy Ritchie is returning to direct.
I don't know about you guys, but I had a blast with the first Sherlock flick and am excited to see the band get back together for a sequel. And Rapace was fantastic in THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, so seeing her play with Downey and Law could be a lot of fun.
Thoughts?
-Quint
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