Rooney Mara has posed for some very racy photos dressed as the character Lisbeth Salandar for W Magazine. I am shocked and upset at this turn, inventing a sexual image for a rape victim. The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo series focuses on one of the best female characters in literature, I would argue, ever. A strong, independent woman, facing mental illness and a past of gigantic proportions, Lisbeth is kept androgynous by genius author Steig Larsson. The Swedish film series, although heavily sexual, does not stray from this portrayal of Lisbeth. Suffering from years of abuse and rape, Lisbeth experiments with her sexuality but I find it hard to believe she would go this far with her experimentation. David Fincher has an interesting past with women's issues (most recently seen in his almost completely male cast of The Social Network). It will be interesting to see if this is merely poor publicity or how Lisbeth will be portrayed once the movie comes to the big screen.
To see the photos and the accompanying article, please click here.
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