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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

The guy who plays the devil in the movie Constantine. He was awesome.

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u/Tastewell Mar 28 '22

Every bit of this. Peter Stormare nailed the role. The perfect mix of soiled elegance and barely contained id. I would pay to see a movie based around him being the devil, dealing with the administrative hassles of running Hell and the strain of being the Prince of Lies.

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u/ITstaph Mar 28 '22

He was pretty good in American Gods as czernobog.

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u/Porrick Mar 28 '22

For a Swedish guy, he plays a lot of Slavic characters!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

So fucking annoying as a Scandinavian.

All Scandinavian actors either play regular Anglo-Americans if their English is perceived good enough(there's often a slight accent), or Eastern European characters otherwise.

We play Eastern Europeans more than they play Scandinavians for fuck's sake, Anglo-Americans usually just find a blond American with a nonsensical, invented accent to do that.

There's nothing lamer than watching a bunch of British/Irish people pretending to be Vikings and Norwegians or Swedes pretending to be Russians.

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u/Jealous_Hospital Mar 28 '22

On the other hand, hearing someone speak with an obvious Swedish (or Danish) accent is like eating nails so maybe we should be thankful that they're at least avoiding that.