The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- Unlike modern films, the massive explosion sequence in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo used zero CGI. The crew spent three weeks setting up the practical rig for a single take.
- The studio almost pulled funding for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo midway through the shoot, convinced that the general audience wouldn't connect with the highly unconventional tone.
- During the filming of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the director famously rewrote the ending on the fly after seeing the incredible chemistry between the lead actors on set.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 American psychological crime thriller directed by David Fincher, based on Stieg Larsson's bestselling Swedish novel. Daniel Craig stars as Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced investigative journalist hired by a wealthy industrialist to solve the 40-year-old disappearance of his niece. Blomkvist is assisted by Lisbeth Salander, played by Rooney Mara, a brilliant but deeply troubled young hacker with a photographic memory and a history of abuse by authority figures.
Rooney Mara's transformation into Lisbeth β pierced, tattooed, skeletal, and radiating controlled fury β was a career-defining performance that earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. David Fincher's direction was characteristically meticulous, creating a cold, gray Sweden that felt as inhospitable and secretive as the mystery itself. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's score, featuring their cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" with Karen O over the opening credits, established an ominous, industrial tone.
The film earned $232 million worldwide on a $90 million budget.
