Rooney Mara May Continue "Female Lead with Issues" Trend with Oldboy Remake

It's a point we've made here at TMT towards Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds and Sam Worthington. But it just as much applies to Rooney Mara.

After The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opens in three months, you're going to hear two possible things said about her from your family, friends and co-workers who see the David Fincher-directed, Daniel Craig-co-starring thriller. Either "Oh my God, I love her!" or "Who?"

If the reception to the film and her performance is the former, then it's all about the next step she takes with that success. Beyond her commitment to playing Lisbeth Salander again, that'll leave an open space (depending on how quickly Sony wants The Girl Who Played with Fire) to make an impression with John & Jane Doe Movie-Goer and show she can play more than her iconic, career-making role and avoid the dreaded trap-falls of type-casting. Like I said...it's something we've harped on multiple times about a number of actors.

Twitch says one such project that could serve that agenda is Spike Lee's American remake of Oldboy with Josh Brolin in the lead. Word from their sources (and before anyone starts mouthing off to their detriment, they were the guys who broke that both Lee and Brolin were up for it – thus adding legitimacy to this news-item) is Mara's name has been bantered about for the female lead and if you've seen the 2003 Korean film then the phrase "Oh boy..." comes to mind.

It would most definitely be a different kind of part compared to Salander but continue to show Mara can go to dark places as an actor.