Niels Arden Oplev, regissøren av Menn som hater kvinner sier i et intervju med Word & Film at han er kritisk til at David Fincher lager en amerikansk remake av filmen.

– Even in Hollywood there seems to be a kind of anger about the remake, like, ‘Why would they remake something when they can just go see the original?’ Everybody who loves film will go see the original one. It’s like, what do you want to see, the French version of La Femme Nikita or the American one? You can hope that Fincher does a better job, sier Oplev.

Oplev hopper lett bukk over det faktum at det finnes svært mange vellykkede remakes, ved å trekke frem et skikkelig grelt ekspempel på fenomenet, nemlig John Badhams Nikita-remake The Assassin. Oplev er også kritisk til at Sonys PR-maskineri forsøker å gjøre deres versjon av Lisbeth Salander til den ultimate versjonen.

– That’s highly unfair because Noomi has captured this part and it should always be all her. That’s her legacy in a way I can’t see anyone competing with. I hope she gets nominated for an Oscar. I know a lot of Academy members have seen the film and liked it because every time I go to LA I meet so many people who have seen my version of it.

David Fincher spiller inn remaken, The girl with the dragon tattoo, i Sverige nå med Rooney Mara som Lisbeth Salander.