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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: Rooney Mara looks elegant at UK premiere By Georgina Littlejohn for MailOnline Updated: 17:42 GMT, 13 December 2011 She plays a dark and disturbed young girl who wears black, is covered in tattoos and piercings and is extremely introverted. But Rooney Mara couldn't have looked any more different to her on-screen heroine as she arrived at the UK premiere for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo tonight. Mara, who plays the moody computer-hacker Lisbeth Salander, looked elegant and beautiful as she dazzled on the red carpet outside the Odeon Leicester Square in London. Scroll down for the trailer... Ice queen: Rooney Mara looked very festive in her long lace and chiffon white dress as she arrived at the UK premiere of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: Rooney Mara lookselegant at UK premiereByGeorgina Littlejohn for MailOnlineUpdated:17:42 GMT, 13 December 2011She plays a dark and disturbed young girl who wears black, is covered in tattoos and piercings andis extremely introverted.But Rooney Mara couldn't have looked any more different to her on-screen heroine as she arrived atthe UK premiere for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo tonight.Mara, who plays the moody computer-hacker Lisbeth Salander, looked elegant and beautiful as shedazzled on the red carpet outside the Odeon Leicester Square in London.Scroll down for the trailer...Ice queen: Rooney Mara looked very festive in her long lace and chiffon white dress as she arrived atthe UK premiere of The Girl With The Dragon TattooElegant: Mara looked stunning in the white dress which showed off her slender frame to perfectionMara, 26, stopped for the cameras asshe showed off her long white Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci Couture dress made from lace and chiffonand whichclung to her slender frame perfectly.Her dark hair was swept back into anelegant bun at the back of her head and she patiently stood for theflashbulbs as an assistant fussed around below her, spreading out thefishtail bottom of her dress.Mara previously explained her transformation for the role, revealing she had her hair dyed and cut,her eyebrows bleached, her lip, brow, nose,and nipple pierced, along with her ears pierced several times.Partners-in-crime: Craig was joined by co-star Rooney Mara, who plays hacker Lisbeth Salander, atthe world premiere of the film last nightBlink and you miss it: Craig did manage to flash a grin for the photographers as he made his wayinside the cinemaShe said: 'I didn't even have pierced ears. They put four holes in each ear, and, weirdly, that hurt themost.'It was all very organised. With[director] David [Fincher] everything is measured and carefullyconsidered. He wants what he sees in his head.'The young actress was joined by herco-star Daniel Craig, who plays journalist Mikael Blomkvist, and lookedsmart and sexy in his black suit, although he barely managed to raise asmile throughout the evening.But unlike his on-screen sidekick,who was exposed to the cold London night, Craig, 43, kept warm in athick black leather jacket as he posed for pictures with Mara.Who's got the prettiest shoes? Stellen Skarsgard poses with his co-star Joely Richardson and his wifeMegan before the ladies show off their footwearSisters: Joely, who wore a strange scaly dress, and Geraldine James, play on-screen siblings andwere at the screeningOther stars of the film attended, including Stellen Skarsgard, who arrived with his wife Megan, JoelyRichardson, Geraldine James and Steven Berkoff.Stellen, 60, plays businessman andmurderer Martin Vanger, Joely plays Anita Vanger while James plays her sister Cecilia who has anaffair with Blomkvist, whileBerkoff plays lawyer Dirch Frode.The bad guys: Yorick Van Wageningen and Steven Berkoff also attended the premiere of their newfilmThecrew: Craig, Mara and Skarsgard posed inside the cinema with director David Fincher (far right)and writer Steven Zaillian (far left)Yorick Van Wageninge, who plays Salander's rapist guardian Nils Bjurman, was also there alongwith director David Fincher and screenwriter Steven Zaillian.The film is a remake of the 2009 Swedish adaptation of the award-winning, critically acclaimedMillennium books trilogy.The original starred Michael Nyqvist, who plays Blomkvist, and Noomi Rapace, as Salander, and wasmade into a trilogy and all three films were released within nine months.Happy couples: A very pregnant Sam Taylor-Wood came along with fianc Aaron Johnson while lastyear's X Factor winner Matt Cardle attended with girlfriend Sarah RobinsonWest End Girls: Made In Chelsea stars Francesca Hull and Gabrielle Ellis put on their finest for thered carpet eventThe film also stars Christopher Plummer as Henrik Vanger, Robin Wright as Erika Berger and GoranVisnjic as Armansky, but none of them were at the screening.In keeping with the novel, the original is quite a dark and violent film and Fincher said he wasn'tplanning the softly-softly Hollywood approach for his version, which has been rated 18 in the UK andR in the US.It is released in the US on December 21 and in the UK on Boxing Day.Share or comment on this articlehttp://links.ezinemark.com/view/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-rooney-mara-looks-elegant-at-uk-premiere-56d13a90006.htmlClick here for more.