Before we leave the subject of Lisbeth Salander, this from ABC's Nightline: the late author Stieg Larsson's girlfriend talks about how the character came to be introduced in "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." "She's a mixture of people we knew and worked with," she says. Video link.
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