Carey Mulligan Dressed Up As a Goth for Dragon Tattoo Audition

Carey Mulligan missed out on the role of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake - even though she turned up to her audition with the director dressed like a goth.

The An Education star accepted she was a long shot for the role of the heavily-pierced and tattooed computer hacker but she felt it would help Fincher see her 'made-up' as Salander.

She tells the New York Times, "I had read all the books. I thought, 'They'll never in a million years cast me,' and I was right! I thought it was a challenge and I just didn't want to be associated with jobs I'd done before. I didn't want to play the same parts. "I auditioned once with the casting director and once with David Fincher.

The second time I went I went in with piercings and black make-up and skinny jeans and it wasn't obviously for me.

(But) I loved the idea of it". Mulligan admits she hasn't seen the film, which stars Rooney Mara as Salander, but she already knows Fincher made the right choice "I don't know how it's come out but I think she is (Lisbeth).

"I wasn't right for that".