Controversy has been stirred in an interview by Word And Film with Danish director Niels Arden Oplev who seems to have little love for Hollywood’s approach to Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy.
Niels was the director for the first film in the trilogy “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and the Hollywood remake is in production with David Fincher at the helm.
The only thing that’s annoying to me is that the Sony PR machine is trying to make their Lisbeth Salander the lead Lisbeth Salander. That’s highly unfair because Noomi has captured this part and it should always be all her. That’s her legacy in a way I can’t see anyone competing with. I hope she gets nominated for an Oscar.
I had the chance to see the final film of the series, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, recently for the upcoming HeyUGuys review and without wishing to give too much away at this point I will say that missing out on seeing the preceding films in the original Swedish would be a big mistake. Oplev seems to be of a similar opinion:
Even in Hollywood there seems to be a kind of anger about the remake, like, ‘Why would they remake something when they can just go see the original?’ Everybody who loves film will go see the original one. It’s like, what do you want to see, the French version of “La Femme Nikita” or the American one? You can hope that Fincher does a better job.
The full interview is available at the link above and it’s a fascinating read. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest will be released on 26th November.
