Natalie Portman instead of Noomi

Forgive me, but I'm totally with Otto on this issue. Natalie Portman is about as boring as the wallpaper that killed Oscar Wilde. I think her one attack of passable acting was in Black Swan and, let's face it, the role she played was practically written for her. No wonder she nailed that one...she could have slept through it and bagged an OSCAR. It was her very own Desperately Seeking Susan. Just about anyone on the planet could run circles around that cute little lump, and Noomi Rapace?! Make that a trillion circles.

Hell-f*** no... Nuff said.

Hasn't Natalie ruined enough of my childhood already?

Natalie reached the peak of her acting career with her lesbian sex scene - she should have just retired after that.

i read somewhere that Theron was gonna play "shaw"...but because at the time she was already committed to the new Mad Max she could not take the leading role and opted for the smaller role of Vickers...then Mad Max got delayed and oh well.... i am happy with Noomi......I have not seen her in a movie yet...but have heard that she was outstanding in "Girl with the Dragon tattoo"...and i very much liked what I have seen of her character in the trailers....so I think she will do a great job! As for Natalie....she a good actress and she's come along way...but I just don't see her as "Shaw"....it would be the same as casting Winona Rider in Alien Resurrection.....I know she was terrible.....but i seen her in better roles more suited to her acting style....interestingly she also played a small role in black swan....and she was greatly applauded!

Seeing the promo clips for the movie, I think Noomi Rapace was the right choice for the role of Shaw, I don't think Natalie Portman would have been a good choice for the part, she's an over-exposed actress anyway, so it's wonderful to see someone new shine in this movie.

If you've seen Rapace in the original "Girl with/who etc......" trilogy, you should have absolutely no doubt about her extraordinary abilities.