Claire Foy is good but miscast


All very subjective of course, but l think Claire was miscast. She is an excellent actress, but somehow misses the mark of Lisbet Salanderl’s edgy weirdness .
I am loyal to Noomi Rapace as THE Lisbet, but also completely accepted Rooney Mara. Claire Foy’s version is somehow too mannered and not a driven enough character.

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very miscast, her body was weird too.

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I don't really know what you mean by her body being "weird" but no need to tell me. I really, really hope moviechat.org boards are not going to get into the body shaming and misogyny which marred the otherwise inestimable imDb boards of late memory.
Can we please judge actors - of any sex - according to their talents, not some supposed fault of their body or face not meeting Hollywood plastic standards.

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what talent though? Hollywood films today are not made up of talent and actors do not 'act', they perform stunts. All films are basically glorified stunt performances, this is no different, so there really isn't much to judge her on except physicality.

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Well, I guess we don't watch the same sorts of films then as I have seen many Hollywood films that do not rely on 'stunts' and where the actors do display talent .
Apart from that , I don't in any case believe that judging an actor on her body is acceptable or valid so let's stop talking to each other about it ,hey?

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Hey sema4dogz, piss off you liberal woke wanker.



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I liked her in the role and would like to see more movies with her, but I would at least agree that she is not as good as Noomi.

I may like her more than Rooney though. At the least I would set them as equals.

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I don't even like Noomi Rapace, but I don't let my feeling for an actor interfere with their roles. She was THE Lisbeth Salander, for sure. I just did not like the other movie, despite it being fairly good. I also did not like her in Prometheus, but that movie sucked anyway because or the story.

But sadly Mikael Blomkvist died so they cannot recreate that series anymore. That character was very good.

I don't think I will like this new movie, so I will not see it and just wait for it to make it to one of the streaming services.

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looks too boyish. i feel the character is supposed to be semi attractive. i miss rooney. even the swedish version girl was better.

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As badass and Noomi was, I feel Rooney was closer to Book Lisbeth.

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I agree I like her as an actress (She was phenomenal in First Man) but she just doesn't fit the role in this one.

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Claire Foy was much better than Rooney Mara in the role.

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Not even close. Rooney Mara got an Oscar nomination and was in a much better received film. She will go down as a better Lisbeth Salander by the majority.

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