This Thursday June 17 sees the release of the highly anticipated Icelandic drama Katla on Netflix and we’re super excited! We spoke to Bjorn Thors, who plays Darri in the series, about the experience filming Katla, what we can expect … Continue reading Netflix original Katla released this week: we speak to actor Bjorn Thors who plays Darri
Things get off to a rocky start when I called Danish TV and film star Jacob Lohmann. One moment he is sitting comfortably ready for our phone interview, the next we are struggling with the sound, the other pandemic that … Continue reading In conversation with Danish actor and Shorta star Jacob Lohmann
Next week sees the release of a new Nordic show to hit our screens in the UK on the excellent Walter Presents – Swedish and Romanian crime series Box 21. Box 21 follows the story of Lidia as she gets … Continue reading We meet Swedish-Japanese actor Kristofer Kamiyasu – star of Box 21 and The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
We are days away from this years Oscars and one Nordic film nominated for both Best Foreign Picture and Best Director (Thomas Vinterberg) is the wonderful Another Round. We had a video call with Magnus Millang, who plays Nikolaj, about … Continue reading Meet star of award-winning Danish film ‘Another Round’: MAGNUS MILLANG
Back in February Walter Presents released a new Danish series onto its platform – the series was called Deliver Us and before I had even got the opportunity to watch it, I was already reading about viewers not being able … Continue reading In conversation with Danish star Morten Hee Andersen who plays Mike in Deliver Us
Last month saw the BBC deliver another new Nordic series – this time in the form it’s first ever Finnish series, Man in Room 301. We met one of the cast, Elias Gould, who plays the character Leo and who … Continue reading Meet Elias Gould, actor from BBC’s Finnish thriller ‘Man in Room 301’
Alex @ Nordic Watchlist recently had the pleasure of enjoying a long (virtual) Zoom chat with Norwegian actor, Rune Temte. Rune is a face many will recognize from movies such as Eddie The Eagle and Captain Marvel (albeit with him … Continue reading Nordic Watchlist Meets: Norwegian star Rune Temte
New Danish series The Investigation started on Friday Jan 22nd on BBC 2 – and you can binge all 6 episodes now on iPlayer. The series is a drama based on the real-life investigation into the mysterious disappearance and death … Continue reading BBC releases Danish drama ‘The Investigation’ – hear from lead actor Søren Malling
Sunday 24th January sees the release of the 2019 Finnish crime thriller All The Sins on Walter Presents in the UK (part of All4). One grey January morning I got to have a lovely chat on the phone with one … Continue reading Interview with detective Lauri actor Johannes Holopainen from ‘All The Sins’
2020 saw the Nordic Watchlist switch from a little side project interviewing a selection of our favourite people in entertainment and culture, to fully focusing on all things Nordic due to our love and passion for the Nordic region – … Continue reading Nordic Watchlist’s Best of 2020 Awards – Part 1