/ Source: Us Weekly
Rooney Mara is ready for Lisbeth Salander.
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The 25-year-old actress stepped out at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala along with her "Social Network" cast on Saturday with a darker, shorter 'do.
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The drastic change is all part of Mara's next role as the anti-establishment, chain-smoking private investigator in the movie adaptation of Stieg Larsson's "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."
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She and Daniel Craig, who plays Mikael Blomkvist, have been filming David Fincher's American version in Sweden. The movie has a December 2011 release.