'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' in London: Rooney Mara cleans up

Just yesterday The Playlist uncovered during an interview with the filmmaker that Rooney Mara had dropped out of “Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes”, an indie drama that would have reunited her with “Tanner Hall” director Francesca Gregorini.

By LISA GUTIERREZ Rooney Mara, who plays Lisbeth Salander, took center stage on the red carpet in London this week at the world premiere of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." There's a lot less of Charles Barkley to love (or dislike) these days.

Said the film's star Rooney Mara to Metro, “There was a lot of discussion that went into my merkin for the movie, because I was naked quite a lot. And I don't think a lot of people will notice all of the attention that went into that.

The second filmadaptation of the late Stieg Larsson's bestselling novel stars Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander – the dysfunctional, tattooed computer wizard of the title –with Daniel Craig as crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist.

Swedish "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" actress Noomi Rapace when it comes to Salanderitude (yes, we are totally copyrighting that word)but the more we hear from Rooney Mara, the more it looks like the American girl is