By Alex Ritman | January 17, 2025
Having directed psychological thrillers (2001’s “The Hole,” which gave Keira Knightley her first major role), music comedies (2011’s “Killing Bono”) and comedy-thrillers based around the famed DeLorean car (2018’s “Driven”), Northern Irish director Nick Hamm has ventured into entirely different territories for his next feature.
…“I needed someone who could play damaged, and could also be silent on screen while having a brutal presence. And he needed to sit in scenes where he doesn’t dominate the actual action of the scene, but he’s put upon and then has to act. There’s very few actors who can do that. And from Claes’ point of view, he wanted to play a good person after “Bad Sisters” and “The Northman.”.”
