It’s been 12 years since the publication of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo took the literary world by storm with its spikey anti-heroine Lisbeth Salander. Four movies and two interpretations later, it remains a coveted role for almost any young actress. Part Pippi Longstocking and part avenging goth-punk out to punish misogynists and abusers wherever they hide, Stieg Larsson’s creation is still so potent that Sony Pictures is ready to take another stab at piercing the character onscreen, and now with The Crown’s Claire Foy officially confirmed to don the facial piercings.
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Sylvia Hoeks will join the cast of The Girl in the Spider’s Web, reports Variety.
The trade states that Hoeks will play the “evil twin” of Lisbeth Salander. In David Lagercrantz’s 2015 novel continuation of the late Steig Larsson’s book series, Lisbeth finds herself the target of a mysterious enemy who turns out to be her vengeful twin sister, Camilla Salander, who has been missing since age 17 and has fulfilled her daddy’s girl role by embracing the clandestine criminal networks of their late father Alexander Zalachenko (who dies in third novel The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest). Thus, not only will we meet Claire Foy’s new Lisbeth, but we’ll meet Hoeks as her sinister sisterly doppelganger.
Hoeks, a Dutch actress, is coming off a recent U.S. breakthrough performance as a villain, opposite Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, in sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 as the tenacious replicant, Luv. Hoeks has fielded a variety of film and TV roles in her native country and stood out in the 2013 Italian-English mystery movie The Best Offer. She also recently appeared in September's European-released action thriller Renegades, joined by names like J.K. Simmons, Sullivan Stapleton and Ewen Bremner, and is also set to appear later in November in the German drama Whatever Happens.
The Girl in the Spider's Web Cast
Claire Foy, the long-rumored frontrunner to play the new Lisbeth Salander, was confirmed in September for the protagonist role in Fede Alvarez's The Girl in the Spider's Web. Foy is best known at the moment for starring as Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix’s The Crown—more or less the antithesis of Lisbeth. She also appeared as a very different English queen, Anne Boleyn, on Wolf Hall. And now with Lisbeth definitely on her schedule, Foy would join an illustrious pair of actresses who have thus far played the hacker with a heart of pierced gold, Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara.
Mara was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for her turn as Salander in David Fincher’s American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2011. However, the role remains largely associated on the international market with Rapace, who played the part in both the original 2009 Swedish adaptation of Larsson’s first novel in the “Millennium” Trilogy,” and then in its two adapted sequels, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
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That popularity and shadow of these Swedish films may be a large reason why Sony was so wary of continuing the franchise as envisioned by Fincher (and with the pricey costs associated with bringing Mara and Daniel Craig back). Indeed, The Girl in the Spider’s Web is the first novel featuring Lisbeth Salander and Craig’s Mikael Blomkvist that was not adapted into a Swedish film, because it is also the first novel about the pair of characters not written by Larsson.
Having passed away in 2004, Larsson did not live to see the success of any of his books, and Spider’s Web continues his characters with David Lagercrantz stepping in as an author with his own original story. Sony is thus keen on adapting the picture free of any of the baggage or cost that might be associated with the 2011 effort. That includes casting new leads for a new take on the pair.
Additionally, Alvarez, who is also no stranger of reimagining familiar concepts (he wrote and directed 2013's Evil Dead remake, in addition to writing/directing Don't Breathe), wished to have a free hand in creating his own vision of Lisbeth away from audiences' preconceived notions. He, and Foy, will get their chance, as production begins this upcoming January in Berlin. The film is also aggressively targeting an Oc. 19, 2018 release date.
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