Rooney Mara

[fincher]

hmm, her boyfriend is definitely hot
and from I can see, both buys clothes in Zara...

 

[Dora]

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[Dora]

Who would win the right to be Lisbeth Salander? Last summer, Hollywood was consumed with that question, as some of the biggest names in the business competed to land that coveted starring role in David Fincher’s adaptation of the international best-selling crime thriller, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

Actresses like Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart and Ellen Page reportedly were eyeing the gig, and yet it went to a relative unknown named Rooney Mara. The fresh-faced Mara seemed an unlikely choice at first to play Salander, an emotionally scarred, motorcycle-driving hacker not adverse to violent confrontations with anyone who crosses her. But our first look at Mara in character assuaged any fan misgivings: Mara has turned into Salander.

And perhaps no one was more impressed by that transformation than co-star Daniel Craig, who plays Mikael Blomkvist, the disgraced journalist hired to investigate a decades-old missing-persons case. Blomkvist then hires Salander to assist in the search.

“Rooney is massively impressive,” he told MTV News during a recent “Cowboys & Aliens” press event. “She took [it] on under a massive amount of pressure because obviously there’s a lot of expectation. I was massively impressed and she absolutely nailed this. People are hopefully are going to be incredibly surprised and happy with her performance.”

“Dragon Tattoo” marks Fincher’s first film after the Oscar-nominated hit “The Social Network,” in which Mara played a small role. During production on that Facebook-focused flick, Jesse Eisenberg was blown away that Fincher would shoot certain scenes 60 times or more. Craig experienced something similar on “Dragon Tattoo,” though he emphasized he expected nothing less.

“Yeah, but I don’t count,” he said of Fincher’s copious takes. “People are always asking me about that, saying, ‘Isn’t that strange or whatever it is?’ but actors live for that. I want to do it over and over again until I get it right. I don’t count, so I couldn’t tell you what the largest amount of takes are. … The whole process was great. All of it was great. I had a lot of fun on it.”

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[Dora]

These days, Rooney Mara (star of the upcoming thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") is anything but lost — but in the just-posted trailer for "Tanner Hall," the wide-eyed starlet captures teen angst with ease.

Directed by Tatiana von Furstenberg (daughter of DVF herself) and Francesca Gregorini (Ringo Starr's stepdaughter), the coming-of-age drama follows the story of Mara, a boarding-school girl whose senior year becomes terribly complicated due to one scheming friend (Georgia King) and one much older man (Tom Everett Scott).

Mara learns the hard way that sometimes you must "lose your way" to "find your self." (Yes, these phrases do actually flash on-screen during the film's trailer, but we'll try not to hold that against it.) There's a little something for everyone: romantic car rides in the country, deviant nights at amusement parks, and, of course, girl fights in all their forms.

But don't take our word for it, check out the trailer for yourself, courtesy of Vulture, and see if this adventure of self-discovery feels right to you. "Tanner Hall" opens September 9.

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[Dora]

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On her last meeting with Fincher after two-plus months of auditioning: “At that point I was just super frustrated. I was like, ‘You have to decide. Either you think I’m the girl or you don’t. There’s not much more I can do to prove it to you.’ I went in there sort of ready to fight. I was pissed. But David sat me down and gave me this long speech about the part. Then he handed me his iPad, and it had the press release on it. He said, ‘I’m prepared to send this out. You have half an hour to let me know if you want the part.’”

On the controversial poster, which features Mara topless: “I was supportive of it. I understand why there was a lot of controversy. People have a hard time with strong females and with nudity. But I think had I been doing something incredibly violent on the poster, people wouldn’t have had a problem with it. That sort of says a lot about the world that we live in. It’s just a teaser poster. I think it did just that. It teased people.”

On filming the book’s notoriously harrowing r*pe scene: “It was incredibly intense. We did it all in a week — the week of Valentine’s Day, oddly enough. We were working 16 hours a day, and it was really, really challenging, not just emotionally but physically. But it’s such an important scene. We wanted to do everything we could to get that right.”

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[Dora]

Cracking the case: Daniel Craig (Mikael Blomkvist ) and Rooney Mara (Lisbeth Salander) in character in a scene from the upcoming film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, investigating a missing persons case



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[Dora]

Four female up and coming actresses including Rooney Mara and Mia Wasikowska vying for Terrence Malick’s next project

A quartet of female up and comers – Mia Wasikowska, Clemence Posey, Rooney Mara and Haley Bennet – are all vying for the lead role in acclaimed director Terrence Malick’s next project, also starring Christian Bale, and due to start shooting in early 2012, Twitch are reporting.

Of the four female actresses in contention, Bennet is probably the least well known. Starring in 2008′s Marley and Me, she has since starred in little known films such as Arcadia Lost and Kaboom, and this could be quite the break out for her. Also perhaps, for Poesy, who since starring in the Harry Potter series has spent time acting in TV shows such as Gossip Girl and Richard II, and can next be seen in the adaptation of Sebastian Faulks Birdsong, with Richard Madden (TV’s Game of Thrones)

Wasikowska and Mara are probably the two most well-known names on Malick’s list. Mara, who broke out in 2010′s Oscar winner The Social Network, will next be seen in the small indie film Tanner Hall, before the huge promotional push begins for David Fincher’s adaptation of the worldwide hit book series The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, a role for which Mara beat out numerous other up and coming actresses.

For Wasikowska, who broke out in 2010 after starring Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and then the Oscar nominee indie drama The Kids Are All Right, an early 2012 production date may clash with several other upcoming projects she has – including Stoker, A View From A Bridge and an untitled project with director Jim Jarmusch and Jane Eyre co-star Michael Fassbender.

Malick is renouned for spending years shaping his work, and has created only four films between 1973 and 2010. Amazingly, over the next two years, he could well look to double that – following the release of The Tree of Life this past year, Malick has the already-filmed production starring Ben Affleck and Jessica Chastain looking for an early 2012 release, and now this untitled project – which will feature a smaller than usual cast, focusing on one pair of leads only.

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[Dora]

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[Dora]

Rooney Mara arrived at the premiere of her new movie Tanner Hall looking a little more like her old self earlier tonight



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[Dora]

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[olga.]

She's really channelling Lisbeth Salander. There is something in her eyes that it evokes Salander. She's going to be great in these movies. Just can feel it. Nothing fake about her.

 

[LolaSvelt]

Rooney Mara grabs food to go from Cafe Gitane and takes a stroll through Soho of NYC (10th September 2011).

zimbio

 

[olga.]

The epitome of uber-cool.

 

[LolaSvelt]

Rooney got the Wintour treatment. B) The second picture is waiting to be captioned.

Actress Rooney Mara attends the Rodarte Spring 2012 fashion show at Pace Gallery during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 13, 2011 in New York City.

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[dajrekshn]

that's one great top. she has a nice sense for fashion, seems like she's into fashion risks in general. me likey.

 

[Deleted member 31441]

She looks great at Rodarte. Cool top indeed. I don't know if it's the make-up or haircut but eyes are really standing out.

 

[chickadee]

I love her look at Rodarte. She's one of like...three young actresses who just exudes real, genuine confidence without trying to be "sexy" (which most young startlets mistake for confidence). At the same time is interested in fashion and doesn't try too hard or do it for anyone else but themselves. I mean I don't know her obviously, but that's how she comes off and I find it very attractive. It's like her, Mia Wasikowska, and Imogen Poots who have this quality and I absolutely love it.

Here's hoping she dethrones the crap out of Blake Lively.

 

[kissmesweet]

So do I, Chickadee.

 

[kobro22]

chickadee I am so with you!!!

 

[Dora]

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