10 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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.