Sky Adds Seven Actors to Dragon Tattoo Series

Sky has added seven actors to its television adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, including Jonathan Pryce, James D’Arcy and Lena Olin in roles tied to the Vanger family. The casting announcement expands an ensemble led by David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn, who were previously named as Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander. Pryce will play Henrik Vanger, the industrialist who seeks Blomkvist’s help investigating the disappearance of his niece Harriet. D’Arcy will portray Martin Vanger, Olin will play Isabella Vanger, and Alun Armstrong will play Harald Vanger. Jessica Raine has been cast as Cecilia Vanger and Paul Ready as Birger Vanger. Camille Cottin will play Erika Berger, described as Blomkvist’s co-editor and lover. The adaptation follows Blomkvist, a journalist, and Salander, a hacker, as they investigate Harriet’s disappearance from the secluded island home of a powerful Swedish industrial family. The reports describe Harriet as having vanished more than three decades ago; one gives the period as 40 years. Other cast members include Ariyon Bakare, Lee Ross, Steve Wall, Justin Salinger, Allan Corduner, Rochenda Sandall and Naomi Townsend. The ensemble also...