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‘Dragon Tattoo’ ‘Impossible To Leave Behind,’ Rooney Mara Says

‘It’s attached to your head and your body,’ actress tells MTV News By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Rooney Mara Photo: MTV News It took a lot of work for Rooney Mara to become the tattooed Lisbeth Salander. For David Fincher’s big-screen adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” the actress didn’t just have to think like the famed fictional hacker: It was a process to get into not just the mind, but also the body of the 24-year-old character — and Rooney’s transformation into the broken and abused Lisbeth lingered with her long after shooting the film. When MTV News asked if she carried herself differently while playing the character, Mara explained, “I think that I probably did. It’s hard to look at yourself in that way. I think it’ll be easier for me to really see that years from now. It’s impossible to leave it behind whenever it’s attached to your head and your body. But when you work 16 hours a day, there isn’t really time to do anything else but go home and go to sleep.” Playing Lisbeth certainly comes with a unique skill set that goes far beyond just understanding her dark backstory. Given Lisbeth’s penchant for computer hacking, motorcycles and physical activity, it comes as no surprise that Mara had to undergo some intense training for the physically and emotionally demanding role, one that had already been imagined once before by Noomi Rapace in a 2009 film version of the novels. “That’s my favorite thing about my job is that your education never really stops,” Mara shared. “I feel like I went to school: I had motorcycle class from 9 to 11, and then I went to dialect class, and then I had skateboarding, and then I had computer training, and then I had kickboxing. I just feel like I learned so much. And that’s kind of the most incredible part about my job is I got to acquire all these skills that I never really wanted or needed, but now I have them.” Whatever Mara did seems to have worked. Her performance is garnering her and the film some high critical praise . The flick opened Tuesday (December 20), and also features Daniel Craig, Stellan Skarsg

Alexander Skarsgard Raves About Working With Dad In ‘Melancholia’

But Stellan is ‘such a douche bag’ in the Lars von Trier movie, Alexander laughs to MTV News. By Amy Wilkinson Alexander and Stellan Skarsg&#aring;rd Photo: Jeff Vespa/Getty Images ” Melancholia ” certainly isn’t the first film to contemplate the end of the world as we know it, but the dreamy drama from writer/director Lars von Trier does boast its own noteworthy debut: the teaming of father/son duo Stellan and Alexander Skarsg&#aring;rd In the movie, out Friday (November 11) in New York and L.A., Alexander plays mild-mannered Michael, the man who marries Kirsten Dunst ‘s slightly unhinged Justine. Father Stellan plays Justine’s boss and Michael’s best man, Jack – a role that required the elder Skarsg&#aring;rd to act out some less than savory behavior. “He’s such a douche bag in the movie,” Alexander said with a grin. “Your dad’s a douche bag?” Dunst answered, laughing. “Well, he is,” Alexander confirmed. “What I thought was interesting about Michael was that he’d pick this guy as his best man at his wedding. This is not his best friend. It’s his wife’s boss, and he does it just to kind of help his wife in his career. It says a lot about Michael.” (Not to mention the trajectory of their love affair.) Despite Jack’s unpleasant demeanor, working with dad Stellan was an experience Alexander truly cherished. “It was awesome,” he enthused. “We’ve never worked together before. He’s one of my best friends. I love hanging out with him. Being able to hang out for two months – we shot in [our home country of] Sweden, and I thought it was great that he wasn’t my dad.” “They’re really cute together as father and son,” Dunst chimed in. “They’re like bros.” “He’s pretty rad. He’s a cool cat,” Alexander said. Check out everything we’ve got on “Melancholia.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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Thor Gets Tased In Exclusive New Clip

Natalie Portman encounters Chris Hemsworth for the first time in this sneak peek. By Kara Warner Chris Hemsworth in “Thor” Photo: Paramount Pictures Attention “Thor” fans! By the good graces of otherworldly Asgard, Paramount Pictures has gifted MTV News with an exclusive new clip from the upcoming and highly anticipated “Thor.” For those who’ve been watching and re-watching the trailers , the featured scene will be slightly familiar. The clip opens with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), Professor Andrews (Stellan Skarsg