

The series is based on a New York mafia boss, played by Van Zandt, who moves to Lillehammer as part of a witness protection program. “But we hope the good story (behind the series) and good acting will hold viewers’ interest,” she said. Rønning is the first to admit that the publicity and conflict that arose over “Lilyhammer” may have boosted Norwegians’ curiosity. Now NRK’s own analysts think the ratings numbers will rise over a million when viewership from other platforms like Net-TV are included. When the show finally could air Wednesday night, it broke NRK ratings records for a drama series. NRK and producer Rubicon eventually came to terms over the product placement dispute, after Rubicon agreed to edit and re-touch scenes that NRK claimed violated the product placement laws to which the state broadcaster must adhere. I'm sorry." Conflicts between New York- and Norwegian culture are a recurring theme in the new series "Lilyhammer." PHOTO: NRK / Rubicon / Views and News In another scene, Van Zandt's character, Giovanni Henriksen, sports a Norwegian ski sweater and the subtitles read: "All right, you do things differently here. “I don’t understand as much as I’d like, but my character does,” he told Dagsavisen.

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Van Zandt told newspaper Dagsavisen last week that he was surprised a conflict over product placement arose but was “glad Norwegians could finally get to see their own TV series.” Its dialogue flows between Norwegian and English, as it often does when English- and Norwegian-speakers converse, but Van Zandt said he personally thinks Norwegian is a difficult language to learn. The series was supposed to start running on New Year’s Day, but NRK halted its premiere over allegations of illegal product placement. Ratings service TNS Gallup could report that 998,000 viewers tuned in when Van Zandt, also known as “Little Steven” in Bruce Springsteen’s band and for his role in the hit US-series “The Sopranos,” made his own long-awaited debut on NRK. “We hope, of course, that as many people will embrace the rest of the series, too.” “We’re super-happy that so many people are interested in the series,” Tone C Rønning, project chief for NRK Drama, told NRK’s own website on Thursday. Steven Van Zandt (far right), wearing one of the old official ski jackets from the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994, in a scene from the show where he and his new Norwegian companions deny taking part in an illegal wolf hunt.

The show, called “Lilyhammer,” ended up being watched by nearly a fifth of the country’s entire population, and Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) officials are mighty pleased. I hope everyone has learned their lesson and will stop doing terrible adaptations of Rebecca.A new television series starring Steven Van Zandt finally started running in Norway on Wednesday, after a lot of local media hype and unexpected delays. On July 10, Chambers and Hammer announced their separation. At the start of this summer Hammer traveled to Miami and, per the Daily Mail, “accidentally sent Chambers a sexually explicit text” that she knew was meant for another woman. The two reportedly started couple’s therapy and remained together through the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the family isolated together in the Cayman Islands. Until now, perhaps, as the Daily Mail is reporting that Chambers was motivated to ask for a divorce after discovering “passionate texts” on Hammer’s phone in the fall of 2019.Ĭhambers found the texts on Hammer’s phone after filming of Rebecca ended in August 2019, according to the Daily Mail. Chambers filed for sole custody of the couple’s two children, Hammer for joint custody, and the gossip columns were none the wiser. The couple posted identical Instagram statements about the dissolution of their marriage and held their cards close to their chest. Over the summer Armie Hammer and his wife of ten years, Elizabeth Chambers, announced they were getting a divorce.
