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Rooney Mara's 'Dragon Tattoo' Transformation... On Hollywood's Top Starlets (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post     First Posted: 12/13/11 01:12 PM ET   Updated: 12/13/11 01:14 PM ET

There's been much ado about the drastic transformation Rooney Mara's undergone to play Lisbeth Salander, the punky, tattooed and raven-haired lead of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo."

Mara, formerly of the angelic face and wavy brown hair, has been popping up on magazine covers and red carpets with a sleek black bowl cut, while her alter ego appears on the movie posters with piercings all over her face.

Truthfully, Mara can pull it off -- she's got the delicate features and heart-shaped face to wear the hard-metal accouterments well. But what about the rest of Hollywood's leading ladies? Could Gwyneth Paltrow or, say, Reese Witherspoon pull off the dyed hair, the ink and the metal?

We used our (incredibly amateur) Photoshop skills to find out. Behold: the Lisbeth Salander Transformation.

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There's been much ado about the drastic transformation Rooney Mara's undergone to play Lisbeth Salander, the punky, tattooed and raven-haired lead of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." Mara, former...
There's been much ado about the drastic transformation Rooney Mara's undergone to play Lisbeth Salander, the punky, tattooed and raven-haired lead of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." Mara, former...
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catb50
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07:18 AM on 12/14/2011
hahaha Jennifer Aniston looks like Moe of the Three Stooges
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10:52 PM on 12/13/2011
Helen!
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GracieGiraffe
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09:13 PM on 12/13/2011
None of these actresses could ever play the dark, complicated Lisbeth Salander (the thought of Reese is particularly laughable). The only exception is Kate Winslet - she MIGHT be able to do it.
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Joan Reeves
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07:27 PM on 12/13/2011
pffft. Noomi Rapace is the only Salander.
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CinMI
Keep it off my wave!
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09:20 PM on 12/13/2011
Hear, hear!!!!
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Bluejay00234
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10:53 PM on 12/13/2011
Agreed.
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Lolavie19
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05:57 PM on 12/13/2011
lol I like Miranda she looks good in it and Jennifer too... Also, Reese loks cute haha
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05:06 PM on 12/13/2011
What a stupid article!
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09:04 PM on 12/13/2011
Preempted my comment. X2.
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04:35 PM on 12/13/2011
here's a fad that'll be gone by new year's...
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GracieGiraffe
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07:26 PM on 12/13/2011
Let's hope so.
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08:25 PM on 12/13/2011
Sooner, please!
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theredqueen
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03:57 PM on 12/13/2011
I'm ashamed of myself for clicking on this drivel.
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ABXNOMORE
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07:27 PM on 12/13/2011
Unfortunately the entire site has turned into such.
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LMPE
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03:30 PM on 12/13/2011
To me, Noomi Rapace remains the only Lisbeth Salander.
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HaroldHowe
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05:46 PM on 12/13/2011
I'd skip the Fincher film if I were you.

That would be like cheating on your girlfriend if you went to see it.
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LMPE
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07:00 PM on 12/13/2011
As a rule, I avoid American remakes of foreign movies.
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03:09 PM on 12/13/2011
The Yanomami people of South America must be beaming.
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ABXNOMORE
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07:28 PM on 12/13/2011
LOL they created this look first!
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dmsdzinr
Progression wit a twist of sarcasm.
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02:46 PM on 12/13/2011
WHAT is the POINT? I think they made the right choice.
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colin72
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02:29 PM on 12/13/2011
"Top Starlets" ?

That's a lot funnier than the photos.
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ninjacb
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02:27 PM on 12/13/2011
seriously, hp? seriously? you need to fill your content with this kind of claptrap? more and more i am finding myself wondering why when i log into hp.
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DeHeSe
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02:17 PM on 12/13/2011
At least you could have gotten a Photoshop pro - or even a semi-pro to do this. Ugh!
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02:16 PM on 12/13/2011
Seriously...?? How lame. Bunch of Moe wannabe's....
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