Bombad
April 06, 2006
· Dramaten/Elverket
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Directed by: Stefan Larsson
· Written by: Sara Stridsberg
· Literature: Sarah Kane
In a hotel room in Leeds, Ian (David Dencik), a foul-mouthed middle-aged tabloid journalist has brought a young woman, Cate (Noomi Rapace), to the room for the night. Cate is much younger than Ian, emotionally fragile, and seemingly intellectually simple. After an attempted rape, Cate escapes through the bathroom window. Then, unexpectedly, a soldier (Douglas Johansson) enters the room brandishing a gun when the hotel room is struck by a mortar bomb. The soldier and Ian begin to talk, and it is gradually revealed that the hotel is located in the midst of a brutal war. The story unfolds in horrible crimes between Ian, the soldier, and the returning Cate.
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I was starring in “Blasted” by Sarah Kane, a British author who wrote seven plays and committed suicide. It was a very intense play – very well-written but very disturbing and dark too. One of the producers of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” had seen me on stage and said, “You’re a force of nature. You’ve got to do Lisbeth Salander.” I felt that they had casted me because I was me, not because I fought for the role. (Noomi Rapace, Vice, May 03, 2017)
