. In a bit of shrewd casting, he'll be playing Henrik Vanger, the man who hires shamed journalist Mikael Blomkvist(Daniel Craig) into investigating the 40 year old disappearance of his niece. It's been a big year for the 81 year old Von Sydow. He's already co-starred opposite both Leondardo Dicaprio and Russell Crowe in Shutter Island
and Robin Hood
, respectively. He'll be joining Craig, and the recently named Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander. Stellan Skarsgard and Robin Wright Penn are still in talks to join the cast as well.
It doesn't matter what he does, he'll always just be Ming the Merciless to me.
