Det er ingen hemmelighed, at udenlandske skuespillere ofte indtager amerikanske roller i Hollywood. Som regel er det briter, der må lægge deres britiske accent om til noget mere amerikansk, men der er også masser af talenter fra andre lande - heriblandt svenske Joel Kinnaman, kendt fra blandt andet The Killing, RoboCop og The Suicide Squad.
Inden Hollywood-karrieren for alvor tog fart, medvirkede han i flere svenske produktioner, men det sker sjældent nu om dage, da hans internationale karriere kører på skinner. Sidste år var det dog tid til et gensyn med de nordiske rødder, da han indspillede den norske tv-serie Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole. Men det var tilsyneladende ikke helt let, for Kinnaman fortæller i et interview med Screenrant, at han efter så lang tid i udlandet har mistet grebet om det svenske sprog i en vis grad:
"Yeah, for me it was... you know, I came to the States like 15 years ago, around 2010. I started working here and I haven't done anything back home since then. So yeah, it was trippy, and halfway through I was a little bummed with myself. When I moved to the States—my dad's American—English has always been an emotional language for me. Sometimes when you learn a second language it's hard to be emotional in that language, but I didn't have that problem. Still, the dialect... it was about trying to sound American.
When I saw a text in Swedish, I would automatically see three or four ways of saying it, how to rhythmize the language. I was much more creative in Swedish when I saw a text. But in English, it was more about getting it right, making it sound American. Over the years, though, I found that I sort of acquired that ability in English too—that I could find the same level of creativity."
Men mens han lærte at mestre det amerikanske engelsk på denne naturlige måde, led modersmålet i stedet et lille knæk. Kinnaman forklarer:
"And when I went back and shot this in Swedish, I realized I have another gear in Swedish that I just haven't been using for 15 years. So it was a bit of an aha-moment for me - I need to be doing stuff in Swedish, in Sweden, regularly."
Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole havde premiere for to uger siden på Netflix her i april 2026, og har ifølge Rotten Tomatoes fået gennemgående høje karakterer med 94 % fra filmkritikere og 74 % fra publikum. Det er bestemt værd at tjekke ud, hvis du er til hårdkogt politidrama - og vil se svenske Joel Kinnaman kæmpe lidt med sit svenske ophav.
https://www.threads.com/@screenrant/post/DW9MS6nCtxw
