‘Mindhunter’ Breakout Cameron Britton Joins ‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel
David Finchermay not be involved with the sequel to his 2011 thrillerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but an actor he recently worked with is.Cameron Britton, who delivered a show-stopping performance as serial killer Ed Kemper on Fincher’s Netflix seriesMindhunter, has joined theThe Girl in the Spider’s Web, a follow-up toDragon Tattoo. More details on theDragon Tattoosequel cast await you below.
Cameron Britton gave one of the year’s most memorable performances in the addictive Netflix seriesMindhunter. As the talkative, polite yet terrifying serial killer Ed Kemper, Britton brought a sort of laid back, likable menace that instantly caught the viewer’s attention. It’s the type of performance that should lead to bigger things, and that seems to be the case now, asVarietyreports Britton has joined the cast ofThe Girl in the Spider’s Web. The film is a sequel (and kind of a reboot) of David Fincher’s 2011 thrillerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Fincher’s high profile remake ofThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, adapted from the hit novel byStieg Larsson, did very well at the box office, grossing $232.6 million during its theatrical run (viaBox Office Mojo). Yet despite the success of the film, a sequel that would reunite Fincher with actorsRooney MaraandDaniel Craignever materialized. Now, the series is being relaunched with the sequelThe Girl in the Spider’s Web, fromDon’t BreathedirectorFede Álvarez.The Crown’sClaire Foyis stepping into Rooney Mara’s role of Lisbeth Salander, the troubled yet brilliant computer hacker who keeps getting involved with dangerous situations.The SquareactorClaes Bangwill be portraying the film’s villain. Britton will be playing a computer expert who is a close associate of Foy’s character.
Interestingly enough,The Girl in the Spider’s Webis not the Stieg Larsson novel that originally followedDragon Tattoo;that would beThe Girl Who Played with Fire.The Girl in the Spider’s Webwas actually written after Larsson’s death, byDavid Lagercrantz. Here’s the book’s official synopsis:
A genius hacker who has always been an outsider. A journalist with a penchant for danger. She is Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo. He is Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor ofMillennium. One night, Blomkvist receives a call from a source who claims to have been given information vital to the United States by a young female hacker. Blomkvist, always on the lookout for a story, reaches out to Salander for help. She, as usual, has plans of her own. Together they are drawn into a ruthless underworld of spies, cybercriminals, and government operatives—some willing to kill to protect their secrets.
While Foy is great, Álvarez is a talented filmmaker, and I’m excited to see Britton start landing roles in big movies, I can’t help but wish Fincher had been able to make a proper sequel toDragon Tattoowith his original cast. Fincher had planned to film two sequels,The Girl Who Played with FireandThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, back to back, and star Rooney Mara was keen to return. But script problems sidetracked things, and Fincher and company eventually moved on to other projects. That said, I’m hopeful this new take on the material will deliver.
