The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - David Fincher | Houselights #10

Houselights: A Film Director Podcast · Sep 3, 2020 · 1h 18m

Legendary producer Kathleen Kennedy urged David Fincher to adapt Stieg

Larrson’s hit novel series about Lisbeth Salander. Despite thinking it

wouldn’t be a strong box office draw, Fincher took on the task of

adapting a difficult tale to an American retelling. Assembling a

stellar cast anchored by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara in a starmaking

turn as the titular character, the film nevertheless had trouble

finding an audience. One of your hosts had problems with it at the

time, and so was challenged on this journey into the House of Fincher

to look on the work with fresh eyes.