Yo-landi turns down Hollywood!
With her peroxide-blonde mullet, squeaky voice and tiny frame, Die Antwoord’s Yo-landi Vi$$er is certainly a unique character. And nobody loves a unique character more than Hollywood movie bosses, who have offered the pint-sized starlet a role in an upcoming film!
Yo-Landi, who along with Ninja and DJ Hi-Tek make up South African rap act Die Antwoord, has confirmed that she was approached by director David Fincher to play the role of Lisbeth Salander in the latest film version of Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Sources reveal David Fincher, who is probably best known for his work on flicks like Fight Club and Seven, was apparently "raving" about the bleach-blonde babe, claiming that Yo-Landi is "exactly who he wants his Salander to look and act like". The character in question, Lisbeth Salander, is a hacker girl suffering from Asperger’s who transforms herself into a private detective. Daniel Craig is also reportedly in talks for the role of journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the film.
However, Yo-Landi has turned down the opportunity to become a Hollywood leading lady in order to focus on her career with Die Antwoord, which she describes as "her life". According to Rapport newspaper, Yo-Landi said that while she did not know the books "a few people have told me of the main character and said that I remind them of her".
Luckily for Yo-landi, Die Antwoord’s success has only started. The band have just signed to Interscope records in America - the former home of Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, and more recently Lady Gaga. And District 9 director Neill Blomkamp has also signed up to direct their next music video.
But turning down The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo isn’t the end of Yo-landi’s acting career. Rumour has it Die Antwoord have a film project of their own in the works - The Answer. “We would compare it to District 9, but just with more rave and more rap,” Ninja revealed in a recent interview.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo starts shooting in September, so we’ll have to wait till then to see who finally bags the role. Although we can’t imagine who’ll measure up to Yo-landi’s zef image...
Photos: Gallo Getty
Comments
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anonymous on July 9, 2010, 11:44 a.m. said:
the follow on openened july 9 and the character is being played by the same actress, does anyone seriously think they would put a different actress into the same role...and consider Yolandi with her "boksburg" accent
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anonymous on July 9, 2010, 11:38 a.m. said:
suppose you cant blame yolandi for dreaming...and yes some people do believe their own dreams, but for HEAT to print such rubbish before making sure of their facts just plain sucks
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ItchyCalculator on July 8, 2010, 9:36 p.m. said:
Good for you Yo-Landi, singers should stick to singing and acters should stick to acting... its that simple
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anonymous on July 7, 2010, 4:23 p.m. said:
Wow - the trilogy was AMAZING! I bet Yo-Landi is gonna kick herself when the movie is made. Most actresses/people would give anything to play such a self assured, strong, intelligent character! Check out the review for the original movie version... http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/movies/19girl.html
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anonymous on July 7, 2010, 4:17 p.m. said:
Preshen govender, even white trash can get a jobs
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sammyd on July 7, 2010, 1:18 p.m. said:
Good...she probably would have ruined the movie.
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anonymous on July 7, 2010, 12:26 p.m. said:
but that movie is already available for dlode on the interweb
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anonymous on July 7, 2010, 11:40 a.m. said:
this was in the rapport on sunday...update your twitter more frequently else you can change your mag name to COLD coz no news will be HOT
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anonymous on July 7, 2010, 11:38 a.m. said:
sooooo glad that she turned it down - shes $%^&* ugly!!! YUCK!
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Alexandra on July 7, 2010, 11:26 a.m. said:
I've heard that Kristen Stewart was being considered for the role as well. How funny if she would be second choice to Yo-Landi!!
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