Director David Fincher took a shot at Steig Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo novel. This is the second adaptation of the Swedish novel that was published in 2005. The first film adaptation debuted in 2008 with Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ Noomi Rapace as the lead. It was directed by Niels Arden Oplev.
Fincher’s version has Rooney Mara play Lisbeth Salander, the heroine who has been victimized by men that has turned her into a feminist. Film critics say that Fincher’s adaptation has given homage to the text.

