The end is near for Tomstad – Aftonbladet

Now, soon revealed how Gunvald Larsson disappears from Beck films. On New Year’s day, “Beck: Tomstad” TV premiere. But why Mikael Persbrandt do all the movies it was first conceived, is still shrouded in mystery …

Beck-films is the longest Swedish film series of all time.

In addition to the earlier films that have been made, directly based on the May Sjövall s / Per Wahlöö ‘s books – six with Gösta Ekman in the title role, one each with Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (1921-1992) and Keve Hjelm (1922-2004) – it has thus been done 30 films with Peter Haber which Inspector Martin Beck and Mikael Persbrandt as the more hard-line police colleague Gunvald Larsson.

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The last four appear right now on TV 4 for the first time. On Sunday, December 6 displays “Hospital Murders”. Has previously been shown in C More, and where we get in a scene to see how Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson seems to sit and ponder the future.

Persbrandt must not participate

It was supposed to Haber / Persbrandt would be working very closely even in the remaining four films.

But this spring it became known that Mikael Persbrandt would not participate in them.

On the actor’s official Facebook wrote his agent Lesa Kirk :

“in response to speculation in the media about Mikael Persbrandt is released from Beck, we choose to only comment on this to FB. Michael has filmed clearly Beck. Now it is focusing on the international career in which he has a number of exciting projects that he is about to shoot. Self Mikael humbly grateful for the time that has been with Beck, he would like to thank all the fans of the films and the response has been for his role as Tomstad. He also wants to thank everyone who has been involved in all of these “Beck” movies. “

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The actor himself has not said a word . Not someone from the production company Filmlance either.

Premiere of New Year’s Day

Now it is clear that the fifth film, which Gunvald Larsson in one way or another will disappear from the Beck series premiere in C More on New Year’s Day.

No one may see the film in advance. Not the media, either.

– It is a big event in the Beck history that we do not want anything to leak out in advance, says the show’s producer Tomas Michaelsson .

How much is Mikael Persbrandt yourself in the section?

– How eh ‘… we have a simple approach to this, when an icon disappears from the film series, we say nothing about the movie beforehand, says Tomas Michaelsson.

describes the act

IC Mores press releases, revealed only that “Beck Group faced its greatest challenge ever.” The plot of the section as follows:

James, an investigative journalist, found dead in his apartment. He has been beaten to death, and one encounters a fingerprint from a previous conviction collectors in the apartment. Jacob colleague Anna tells me that James was writing a book about a criminal and that he had previously received threats both because of his Jewish ancestry, and the right-wing extremists for its political position.

Tomas, you have sat gag everyone else involved in Beck movies too?

– Oh yes … so unfortunately, there is no point trying to ring around.

On all other matters, as if the rumors circulated that Persbrandt was fired from the production, responds Tomas Michaelsson “no comment”.

“Got ‘star gets colleague

What is known is that Norwegian actor Christopher Hivju – Guldbagge awarded last winter Ruben Östlund’s “Tourist” and known from the TV series “Game of Thrones” – later emerge as Martin Beck’s new colleague, the Oslo police Steinar Hovland.

He makes his entrance in the 32nd second film “Steinar”, will premiere on C More February 6.

The following films will premiere on March 5 and 6 April and called “At the end of the road “and” Last Day “

Thomas, the titles of them can be interpreted as that now there will be no more Beck-movies, or ?

– I have not thought of. For me it is titles that hint at the contents of movies. If you knew how hard it sometimes is to find the names of the films … I’ve said it before and will say it again: We are not closing any doors to more movies.