Before They Were Stars
HOT GALLERY: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Cast—Before They Were Stars!
Stieg Larsson didn't live to see his books published, but even if he had, it's unlikely he could have predicted the worldwide phenomenon they would become. Films based on Larsson's Millennium series have already been released by producers in his native Sweden, and on December 21 we get to see the first installment of Hollywood's version. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo—the original Swedish title is the much less marquee-friendly Men Who Hate Women—begins the tale of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the incredible Lisbeth Salander, one of the coolest characters ever created. The cast has a lot of big stars; let's see if you can guess who's who. By Brett Singer
Columbia TriStar
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer is one of the best actors… well, ever. The “before” photo is from a clip of Plummer onstage in A Doll’s House many moons ago. On the silver screen, Plummer has played everything from Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965) to the Shakespeare-quoting Klingon General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). In Dragon Tattoo he plays the mysterious Henrik Vanger, the patriarch of a family with… oh, we don’t want to spoil it for you.
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