'Dragon Tattoo' Star Rapace Bursts Into Hollywood

BEVERLY Hillsides, Calif. (AP) Maybe it had been inevitable that whomever arrived charge within the original "Girl using the Dragon Tattoo" would become Sweden's next large export.Yet without or with a blockbuster role, Noomi Rapace always felt she'd bust out past the edges of her homeland.2 . 5 years following the debut of "Dragon Tattoo," the very first of her three eye-popping turns as late author Stieg Larsson's untamed heroine, Rapace has stormed into Hollywood in Robert Downey Junior.'s latest A Virtual Detective adventure and Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," a cousin to his sci-fi hit "Alien."Rapace felt right in your own home among Downey's ensemble for "Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title of Shadows," while she was raised on "Alien," ''Thelma & Louise" along with other films from director Scott."Ridley Scott is just one of my heroes since as lengthy when i can remember. I type of really believe that he saved me sometimes, because I always felt as an outsider in Sweden. I did not feel Swedish. I always felt like something differs beside me,Inch Rapace stated within an interview to advertise "A Virtual Detective,Inch which opens Friday. "The Swedish individuals are quite repressed, plus they restrain lots of things. It's like individuals are really scared of conflicts and feelings, and nobody really states anything right to you. ..."So inside a strange way, I usually felt which i would leave type of things i originated from. However I could never imagine I would finish up with one of these people and doing movies using the best folks the world."Rapace, 31, made an appearance in her own first movie at 7 while residing in Iceland before her family moved to Sweden, and she or he continues to be acting continuously within the last decade.However it was her performance as brilliant, traumatized, ferocious and feral computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in "The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo" which was her exit visa from Sweden.The 3 films modified from Larsson's best-retailers grew to become worldwide hits, with Hollywood rapidly jumping set for David Fincher's British-language remake of "Dragon Tattoo," opening just days after "A Virtual Detective.InchThe field of Lisbeth together with her tats, body piercings and anarchic spirit wasn't unknown to Rapace, who continued her very own edgy, punk-rocker tear in her own early teens."There is a gap there when I wasn't into acting and that i was against everything. First, I had been into doing judo and kung fu. I Quickly was consuming a great deal,Inch Rapace stated. "And So I type of lost track for some time, i quickly returned, I drawn myself together and that i made the decision after i was 15 that I am getting sober and I am likely to become an actress."She signed up for a drama senior high school in Stockholm and built an impressive listing of credits in Swedish film and television in her own 20s. When negligence Lisbeth came her way, she even used a few of her old punk clothes and footwear. Rapace found the film pre-perforated, reopening a classic stud hole of her very own for just one of Lisbeth's piercings.To capture Lisbeth's intensity, Rapace also needed to revive the wild spirit of her teen years."I needed to just awaken that sleeping demon and say, 'It's time for you to return now,'" Rapace stated.Within the "A Virtual DetectiveInch follow up, Rapace plays a gypsy fortuneteller who teams track of Downey's great detective and partner Watson (Jude Law) against their archrival, Moriarty (Jared Harris).Downey met with Rapace and was offered on her behalf for that role before he saw her in "Dragon Tattoo.""I Quickly saw the film and thought, my God, how shall we be likely to take everything she's able to making this role worth her while and show another side of her?" Downey stated."She will kick ass, that girl," stated "A Virtual DetectiveInch director Guy Ritchie. Rapace's Lisbeth was "frightening. There is a quite strong element of danger about her that they keeps just like a wild animal, inside a way."Doing interviews for that "Dragon Tattoo" films, Rapace recognized her British was weak, so set to train herself the word what. Barely annually later, she was fluent in British when she switched on set for "A Virtual DetectiveInch and Scott's "Prometheus."Due in theaters next summer time, "Prometheus" may be the filmmaker's return to sci-fi, though Scott and the collaborators are cagey about maybe it's a prequel to 1979's "Alien," by which Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley first experienced the easy space monster.Co-starring with Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender, Rapace plays an archaeologist with an exploratory mission that incurs trouble in deep space."It isn't a clean prequel" to "Alien," Rapace stated. "It's certainly related. I believe you will notice connections" including some between her character and Weaver's Ripley."They're type of within the same family. Despite the fact that I believe that my character is type of more feminine," Rapace stated. "She's more nave at first along with a believer and filled with hope, after which within the center of the movie, she type of changes into much more of enthusiast and a survivor."Early the coming year, Rapace is placed to shoot the crime story "Dead Guy Lower" with Colin Farrell, getting back her with "Dragon Tattoo" director Niels Arden Oplev.Hollywood's version of "Dragon Tattoo" stars Difficulties and Rooney Mara, who provides her very own fierce undertake Lisbeth. Rapace stated she never was thinking about playing Lisbeth again herself, despite the fact that the film has got the possibility to launch a blockbuster trilogy whose commercial success would far eclipse the Swedish adaptations."I had been completed with her, and that i felt like I left her after i was carried out with the 3rd movie," Rapace stated. "I could not use whatever reason of type of doing the work again. I never wish to repeat myself. I always wish to move ahead and do something totally new. So no, it wasn't for me."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By David Germain December 12, 2011 Noomi Rapace in "A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows" PHOTO CREDIT Warner Bros. Pictures BEVERLY Hillsides, Calif. (AP) Maybe it had been inevitable that whomever arrived charge within the original "Girl using the Dragon Tattoo" would become Sweden's next large export.Yet without or with a blockbuster role, Noomi Rapace always felt she'd bust out past the edges of her homeland.2 . 5 years following the debut of "Dragon Tattoo," the very first of her three eye-popping turns as late author Stieg Larsson's untamed heroine, Rapace has stormed into Hollywood in Robert Downey Junior.'s latest A Virtual Detective adventure and Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," a cousin to his sci-fi hit "Alien."Rapace felt right in your own home among Downey's ensemble for "A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows," while she was raised on "Alien," ''Thelma & Louise" along with other films from director Scott."Ridley Scott is just one of my heroes since as lengthy when i can remember. I type of really believe that he saved me sometimes, because I usually felt as an outsider in Sweden. I did not feel Swedish. I usually felt like something differs beside me,Inch Rapace stated within an interview to advertise "A Virtual Detective,Inch which opens Friday. "The Swedish individuals are quite repressed, plus they restrain several things. It's like individuals are really scared of conflicts and feelings, and nobody really states anything right to you. ..."So inside a strange way, I usually felt which i would leave type of things i originated from. However I could never imagine I would finish track of these folks and doing movies using the best people on the planet.InchRapace, 31, made an appearance in her own first movie at 7 while residing in Iceland before her family moved to Sweden, and she or he continues to be acting continuously within the last decade.However it was her performance as brilliant, traumatized, ferocious and feral computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in "The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo" which was her exit visa from Sweden.The 3 films modified from Larsson's best-retailers grew to become worldwide hits, with Hollywood rapidly jumping set for David Fincher's British-language remake of "Dragon Tattoo," opening just days after "A Virtual Detective.InchThe field of Lisbeth together with her tats, body piercings and anarchic spirit wasn't unknown to Rapace, who continued her very own edgy, punk-rocker tear in her own early teens."There is a gap there when I wasn't into acting and that i was against everything. First, I had been into doing judo and kung fu. I Quickly was consuming a great deal,Inch Rapace stated. "And So I type of lost track for some time, i quickly returned, I drawn myself together and that i made the decision after i was 15 that I am getting sober and I am likely to become an actress."She signed up for a drama senior high school in Stockholm and built a remarkable listing of credits in Swedish film and television in her own 20s. When negligence Lisbeth came her way, she even used a few of her old punk clothes and footwear. Rapace found the film pre-perforated, reopening a classic stud hole of her very own for just one of Lisbeth's piercings.To capture Lisbeth's intensity, Rapace also needed to revive the wild spirit of her teen years."I needed to just awaken that sleeping demon and say, 'It's time for you to return now,'" Rapace stated.Within the "A Virtual DetectiveInch follow up, Rapace plays a gypsy fortuneteller who teams track of Downey's great detective and partner Watson (Jude Law) against their archrival, Moriarty (Jared Harris).Downey met with Rapace and was offered on her behalf for that role before he saw her in "Dragon Tattoo.""I Quickly saw the film and thought, my God, how shall we be likely to take everything she's able to making this role worth her while and show another side of her?" Downey stated."She will kick ass, that girl," stated "A Virtual DetectiveInch director Guy Ritchie. Rapace's Lisbeth was "frightening. There is a quite strong component of danger about her that they keeps just like a wild animal, in ways."Doing interviews for that "Dragon Tattoo" films, Rapace recognized her British was weak, so set to train herself the word what. Barely annually later, she was fluent in British when she switched on looking for "A Virtual DetectiveInch and Scott's "Prometheus."Due in theaters next summer time, "Prometheus" may be the filmmaker's go back to sci-fi, though Scott and the collaborators are cagey about maybe it's a prequel to 1979's "Alien," by which Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley first experienced the easy space monster.Co-starring with Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender, Rapace plays an archaeologist with an exploratory mission that incurs trouble in deep space."It isn't a clean prequel" to "Alien," Rapace stated. "It's certainly related. I believe you will notice connections" including some between her character and Weaver's Ripley."They're type of within the same family. Despite the fact that I believe that my character is type of more feminine," Rapace stated. "She's more nave at first along with a believer and filled with hope, after which in the center of the film, she type of changes into much more of enthusiast along with a survivor."Early the coming year, Rapace is placed to shoot the crime story "Dead Guy Lower" with Colin Farrell, getting back her with "Dragon Tattoo" director Niels Arden Oplev.Hollywood's version of "Dragon Tattoo" stars Difficulties and Rooney Mara, who provides her very own fierce undertake Lisbeth. Rapace stated she never was thinking about playing Lisbeth again herself, despite the fact that the film has got the possibility to launch a blockbuster trilogy whose commercial success would far eclipse the Swedish adaptations."I had been completed with her, and that i felt like I left her after i was carried out with the 3rd movie," Rapace stated. "I could not use whatever reason of type of doing the work again. I never wish to repeat myself. I usually wish to move ahead and do something totally new. So no, it wasn't for me personally.InchCopyright laws 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.