tags: mystery-crime, Norwegian, serial killer
Book description from Goodreads
Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother’s pink scarf.
Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he’s received and the disappearance of Jonas’s mother—and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn in an increasingly terrifying game whose rules are devised—and constantly revised—by the killer.
Fiercely suspenseful, its characters brilliantly realized, its atmosphere permeated with evil, The Snowman is the electrifying work of one of the best crime writers of our time.
A movie apparently will be made based on this chilling novel and fans started an online discussion as to who will be best to play Harry. Their number one choice is the Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård. The movie is originally to be directed by IMHO the most overrated director, Martin Scorsese. I didn't like the idea because he might cast his favorite actor, Leonardo diCaprio as Harry *I shudder at the thought*. Thankfully Scorsese is replaced by Norwegian director, Tomas Alfredson (Let The Right One In) and I hope the producers and director will resist the urge to cast a bankable but "short-in-stature" American actor as Harry Hole.
Let's take a look at Harry's statistics and the only 2 actors that are almost perfect to play him:
Harry Hole
Norwegian
Norwegian
age in The Snowman: almost 40 (born in 1963)
height: 6 feet 2 inches
eye color: blue
hair color: blonde
Trond Espen Seim
Norwegian
43 years old
height: 6 feet 2 inches
Trond Espen Seim
Norwegian
43 years old
height: 6 feet 2 inches
eye color: blue
hair color: blonde
I vote yes yes yes to Trond. He may be a few years older but he has the correct height, eyes, and hair. He also has acting credentials as a police detective playing the Norwegian P.I. Varg Veum.
I vote yes yes yes to Trond. He may be a few years older but he has the correct height, eyes, and hair. He also has acting credentials as a police detective playing the Norwegian P.I. Varg Veum.
Alexander Skarsgård
Swede
38 years old
height: 6 feet 4 inches
eye color: blue green
hair color: light brown
My second choice. Although Alexander is nearer Harry's age, he's much too pretty and too tall.
My second choice. Although Alexander is nearer Harry's age, he's much too pretty and too tall.
