Rooney Mara And Casey Affleck Headline Crime Drama ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints;’ ‘Girl Who Played With Fire’ Is Next Important Actress

"Ain't Them Bodies Saints" is a crime drama starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. Mara is seen as the next important Hollywood actress.

Rooney Mara got the coveted role as Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." It was based on Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel which is the first of a trilogy.

In her current film, she co-stars with Casey Affleck (Ben Affleck's younger brother) as they play a Bonnie and Clyde type crime tandem gone awry. The bitter truth of what happens when the criminals are caught is so far removed from glorious.

As they are apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in which Ruth(Mara) kills a man. When Bob(Affleck) takes the blame and is sent to prison, the pregnant Ruth is left to take care of her family all on her own.

Rooney chats with Uinterview about the film. Mara felt her scenes with Affleck were pivotal to the production. "They were really important days for me because, you know, I have to spend the rest of the movie pining for him. The little bit of screen time we get to share together is really important cause you have to kind of believe it enough so that it can carry that rest of the film. "

In the movie Ruth has two love interests On the subject of who's better for suited for her character:  "Well I don't think - I don't think of the movie as a love triangle between those people. I don't really think - you know I think she, Ruth wishes she could be with someone like Patrick. I think that she wants to want to be with someone like Patrick because her life would be easier but I don't think there's really a question - I think... she has wanted to be with Bob since she was little and I think she'll - a part of her will always want to be with him. I think it's more of she wishes she could be with someone like Patrick, it would make life so much better, so much easier."