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Alex Wolff & Oystein Karlsen On Capturing The Spirit Of Leonard Cohen In ‘So Long, Marianne’ — Series Mania
Alex Wolff and Oystein Karlsen on capturing the spirit of a young Leonard Cohen in Norwegian-Canadian drama series 'So Long, Marianne.
New Yorker Wolff described sounding a year researching his life, copying his mannerisms, learning a Canadian accent and even hiring a handwriting expert to coach him to write like Cohen, and spent most of his time on set in character. The series, which we first revealed nearly two years ago, is primarily set on the Greek island of Hydra where the pair met before starting a chaotic relationship that inspired the late singer-songwriter to pen songs such as ‘So Long, Marianne’, ‘That’s No Way To Say Goodbye’ and ‘Bird On The Wire’. Wolff paid tribute to co-star Loch Næss and So Long, Marianne writer and creator Oystein Karlsen, saying the latter was “one of the great directors” and comparing him to Christopher Nolan, with whom he worked on Oppenheimer.
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