Jakob Oftebro – Damage caused by fire makes "Peer Gynt" a safe on the Gålå

The fire-wounds of actor Jakob Oftebro alter the layout of Peer Gynt this year at Gålå, where Jakob and his father Nils Ole play the lead roles this year as last year.

Jakob Oftebro is about to road, but for a while he was unsure if he could participate in the performance after the actor was badly burned during a film recording in Sweden in May

– Last sounding before the next general test Thursday is well under way, but as the skin of Oftebro's face must be properly played, he must remain at home. inside during the day, says the general manager of the performance Peer Gynt, Marit Lien, to Dagbladet

] Only eight o'clock in the evening, the sun is low enough for the actor to descend into the arena and meet the rest of the band that is the performance of the year.

– This is because of the sun. When the skin of the face, as before, is very thin, needs to be restored, UV rays can damage the new skin, "Lien said.

– After being wounded, we made several rounds to resolve the situation. Jacob will not be in the sun, so we will wake up the next day. The lawsuit begins at 11 am, but he must remain in a corresponding booth until the evening, when the sun is low enough for him to be able to work outside, continues Lien.

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Failure of the incendiary bomb

Jakob Oftebro (aged 32) was badly burned in the face after an accident during the shooting of the television series "Hamilton" in Sweden last May.

During the recording of a scene With the riot between the police and the protesters, Oftebro was a victim of a Molotov cocktail, a bomb bottle with a flammable bag .

According to the Swedish police, Oftebro was immediately transported to the hospital in an ambulance. A Dagbladet appointed director of the Oftebros Anne Lindberg when his condition was serious

Gets stand-in

After Overtbro was injured, organizers Peer Gynt made judgments on how to resolve the situation and they have decided that the actor Maria Hildonen entering Oftebro the day of the trial.

– She has been volunteering for many years and is in her first year at the theater college. Maria studied 3.5 hours of script and made a good figure as Peer Gynt. We are very impressed by what she delivers, "explains Marit Lien, about Hildonen's efforts

– Maria is great. It's incredible that she can install. The samples are very good and I can not wait to see Scena again with dad, writes Oftebro in a text to Dagbladet.

Link says that it was not possible to interpret Peer Gynt this year without the experience that they have had since the beginning of success in 2017

– If it was not a resurrection, it would not have been possible to have Jakob with it. However, the room is in his body, and he is ready as soon as he arrives at the arena in the evening. Then it is rewarding and he is very excited. Jakob is a very hot person and we are very happy with him all together, says Lien.

– We are preparing ourselves

Because Oftebro must be protected from the sun, the beginning of the show is offbeat with half an hour each night all the time of play. The ensemble also occurs at one o'clock in the evening. At the time of writing this article, between 50 and 60 volunteers were in full swing at the Gålå Peer Gynt Arena

– We are ready to make changes. It never feels like before, but we'll be there, "says Lien

This is the last time that Ondtebro, father and son, is playing Peer Gynt together at Gålå.

was going to be ready to play Peer Gynt this summer. However, about a month ago, "Peer Gynt" could confirm that he was able to finish the game.

– I'm incredibly happy that I can do it again. I can not wait to be on stage in Gålå with dad and all the actors once again. I play fast and as Peer himself would say;

Play eight performances

The performance where Peer Gynt is performed by his father and son Oftebro was created in 2017. They play respectively the oldest and the young Peer Gynt. Spectators meet for the first time Peer Gynt in the 1960s, the following until today. This year's Peer Gynt show will premiere on August 3rd and will be played eight times until August 11th.

Ibsen's drama, Peer Gynt, is part of Peer Gynt's voice, presented in Gålå since 1928. Peer Gynt's performance has been in place every year since 1989.