Det er ikke usædvanligt, at udenlandske skuespillere spiller amerikanske roller i Hollywood-film. Oftest involverer det britiske skuespillere, der må justere deres britiske accenter for at lyde mere amerikanske, men der er også masser af skuespillere fra andre lande, herunder den svenske stjerne Joel Kinnaman, kendt for sine roller i The Killing, Robocop og The Suicide Squad, blandt andre.
Før hans Hollywood-karriere tog fart, medvirkede han i flere svenske produktioner, selvom det nu er en sjælden begivenhed, da hans bedre betalte internationale karriere går så godt. Sidste år vendte han dog tilbage til sine rødder, da han filmede den norske tv-serie Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole. Men det var tilsyneladende ikke helt let, da Kinnaman siger i et interview med Screenrant, at han efter så lang tid til en vis grad har mistet sine svenske sprogkundskaber:
"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 selvom han mestrede amerikansk engelsk på denne organiske måde, tog hans modersmål lidt et 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 og har ifølge Rotten Tomatoes konsekvent fået høje seertal, med 94% fra filmkritikere og 74% fra publikum. Den er værd at tjekke ud, hvis du er i humør til et hårdkogt politidrama - og for at se den svenske skuespiller Joel Kinnaman kæmpe med det svenske sprog.
