Lisbeth Salander is back in Millennium, which doesn’t kill me, broadcast this Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 9:10 p.m. on France 2. The opportunity to come back to the different actresses who lent their features to the punk heroine of the Swedish bestseller.
Never two without three. A saying that has never been truer for Millenium: What does not kill me, broadcast this Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 9:10 p.m. on France 2, which offers a third interpreter to Lisbeth Salander, in the person of Claire Foy. The film again features the hacker alongside journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Sverrir Gudnason) who is struggling with a cyberterrorist group, the NSA, in search of software capable of controlling nuclear weapons. Millenium: What does not kill me however, experienced a bitter failure at the box office with less than $15 million recorded in the United States. In France, the film only attracted 154,000 spectators…
Millennium, which doesn’t kill me : an unprecedented adaptation
In 2018, Fede Alvarez tackles the realization of Millenium: What does not kill me. An adaptation of the black novel by David Lagercrantz who himself took over the literary saga Millennium after the death of its author Stieg Larsson in 2004. Thus, Fede Alvarez’s film turns out to be entirely independent of its cinematic predecessors. The Uruguayan filmmaker also confides in IndieWire on his fascination and his vision of the character of Lisbeth Salander: “Lisbeth is the reason why I decided to make this film. She does something that I find very relevant these days: she is a woman who stands up to end abuse. The other movies don’t really talk about her. They are told from the point of view of one man, journalist Mikael Blomkvist. He’s the one who connects with the audience and gets the most airtime, and she kind of accompanies him on his story.”
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Millennium, which doesn’t kill me : the different faces of Lisbeth Salander at the cinema
Millenium: What does not kill me marks the third appearance of Lisbeth Salander’s punk features on the big screen, played here by Claire Foy. The latter is particularly noted for her performance in the first two seasons of The Crown which earned him a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Drama Series. The heroine is interpreted for the first time by Noomi Rapace in the first trilogy based on thrillers Millennium of Stieg Larson. A role for which she reaches worldwide consecration. Then, the Swedish actress flies to Hollywood. It is thus noticed in Sherlock Holmes, shadow play (2011), Prometheus (2012). But in recent years, Noomi Rapace has tended to move away from American productions in favor of more independent works such as the Icelandic film Lamb (2021) or Black Crab (2022). In 2011, it was the turn of Rooney Mara, companion of Joaquin Phoenix, to slip into the skin of Lisbeth Salander in Millennium: The Men Who Didn’t Love Women signed David Fincher, a remake of Millennium released in 2009 (with Noomi Rapace). Daniel Craig, who lives a beautiful romance with Rachel Weisz, plays the role of Mikael Blomkvist.
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