In an interview with Esquire, actor Daniel Craig talked about the level of violence depicted in David Fincher's upcoming THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Here's what he had to say below.
"It's as adult as you can possibly make it. This is adult drama," he said. "I grew up, as we f*cking all did, watching The Godfather and that, movies that were made for adults. And this is a $100 million R-rated movie. Nobody makes those anymore. And Fincher, he's not holding back. They've given him free rein. He showed me some scenes recently, and my hand was over my mouth, going, Are you f*cking serious?"
"It's not that he simply showed me footage that was horribly graphic. It was stuff that was happening, or had happened. And somehow you don't see it... There's more than one way to sense violence... Much more powerful ways than seeing it step-by-step."
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO hits theaters on December 21, 2011 (U.S.) and January 5, 2012 (local). The movie stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard, Christopher Plummer, Joely Richardson, Yorick van Wageningen and Steven Berkoff.