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by Brendan Bettinger Posted:September 11th, 2010 at 10:36 am
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We have been reporting for a couple weeks now on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace’s entry into Hollywood. She’s taken quite a few meetings, for such projects as the Mission: Impossible reboot, James McTiegue’s period thriller The Raven, a “juicy villain role” in McG’s This Means War. And while Jeremy Renner alleged Rapace would be his co-star in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (should he sign on), the Swedish actress has chosen the vehicle for her English-language debut: Sherlock Holmes 2. Details after the jump.
Heat Vision reports that Rapace has landed the female lead in the Sherlock sequel, rumored to be a French Gypsy. The plot, like the nature of Rapace’s role, is at this time a Warner Bros. secret. It is known that Holmes’ archnemesis, Moriarty, will have a presence, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, and Gary Oldman rumored for the role. Sherlock’s brother Mycroft will likewise make an appearance.
Rapace’s casting confirms that Rachel McAdams is no longer the leading lady of the franchise, but as producer Joel Silver indicated, she will be “present” as Irene Adler. I haven’t seen Dragon Tattoo, but clearly her performance impressed the right people. We’ll see if she make the Cotillardian transition into big budget American films when Sherlock Holmes hits theaters on December 16, 2011.
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BOO! I thought Rachel McAdams was awesome as Irene Adler. I’d rather she stay the female lead!
Yeah, it’s to bad McAdams will not be the female lead this time around. But on the other hand Rapace is a much better actress.
So happy for Rapace. She deserves all these great opportunities. I don’t like that McAdams will have a significantly diminished role because she really balanced the cast with her comedic timing. But, Rapace should do great. Look forward to it.
To be honest, I don’t get why they keep trying to push a female lead in there. I really thought the Irene Adler nonsense took away too much from the Sherlock/Watson interaction. I’d rather have more of that.
I think it will be great then.She is a brilliant actress.Thanks.
I am very happy.I love her acting.
Great to know that.Thanks.