David Fincher’s remake of the Swedish thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an adaptation of late author Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel, is set to arrive in theaters tomorrow. Rooney Mara, who plays Lisbeth Salander, spoke to Allure about going nude for the part and getting her nipple pierced.

She says:

Nudity is such a huge part of the character in the book, so I never thought twice about it. I’m naked quite a lot in the movie, and I thought, she has it in the book, and she should have it [in the movie].

Because of all the tattoos and the makeup and the piercings, and the physical transformations my body has to go through, it would always feel sort of like I was in costume, even if I was naked.

This would be exciting if Mara didn’t look fuglier than Noomi Rapace did in the 2009 Niels Arden Oplev version. Isn’t the point to a remake to improve on the original? I’m sure Megan Fox would have pierced her nipple for the role too.