Daniel Craig Girl with the Dragon Tattoo torture scene

    by Capucine · old hollywood: David Fincher

    David Fincher has shared that Daniel Craig was the one who picked Enya's 'Orinoco Flow' for the torture sequence in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' (2011). The stark juxtaposition of the peaceful track with the scene's violence only adds to its haunting impact.

    Transcript (en)

    I like the idea of Martin having music that calmed him, because he was about to do some really terrible stuff. And he has his music. He has the music that he likes to drive to. He has the music that he likes to slaughter to. And we started to talk about what should that be when he goes over and he hits the play button and the reel-to-reel recorder spins. What comes out? And Daniel Craig, to give credit where credit's due, immediately sat up in his chair and said, Orinoco Flow. We didn't know if he was having a stroke. No one knew what it meant. No one knew what is Orinoco Flow. And he started laughing. And he ran, he got his iPod out, and he played what I thought was called Sail Away by Enya. And we could not stop laughing. We just thought it was kind of the greatest thing It's the greatest thing for a serial murderer to have this music as his music to kill by.