– Actually, I guess I’ve always had an attraction towards Hollywood in one way or another. Even if it’s not really a good idea to have it. Trond Fausa Aurvåg (51) smiles slyly as he sits outside a diner on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. In front of him he has a vanilla milkshake And high above us hang two huge billboards. They remind everyone who walks and drives past which film has been nominated for the most Oscar awards this year. Trond Fausa Aurvåg has a short time in Hollywood. But Oppheimer is his first major Oscar film. Photo: Thomas Hass / news Huge favorite “Oppenheimer” has 13 Oscar nominations and is the big favorite to win many of them when the Oscars are awarded in Hollywood on Monday night. Christopher Nolan’s epic about the father of the atomic bomb made people go to the cinema like never before last summer. Together with the Barbie film, Oppenheimer became a cinema phenomenon, and the two films grossed an incredible 4 billion dollars in a few summer months. But even though Barbie brought in the most money, it is Oppenheimer that is the Oscar film. It is expected that Nolan will win for best director and that the award for best male lead will go to Cillian Murphy. news gave the film a five. You can read the review here. – 5 percent talent Trond Fausa Aurvåg plays the Ukrainian scientist and explosion expert George Kistiakowski in the film, a small role he got after submitting an audition video he had recorded himself. – I have rarely encountered getting a job so easily. This was 5 per cent talent and 95 per cent luck, he laughs. He adds that his wife, actress Lena Kristin Ellingsen who is with Hollywood, gave the audition video a roll of the dice 3. – I’m probably physically quite similar to Kistiakowski, says Aurvåg, who believes it was the most important reason why he got the role. Actress Lena Kristin Ellingsen is coming to Hollywood to celebrate the Oscar with her husband. Photo: Thomas Hass / news An “oppenhomie” For five weeks, Trond Fausa Auvåg stayed at a casino hotel in Santa Fe in New Mexico to record Oppenheimer. The big stars of the film: Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt stayed in Los Alamos, half an hour’s drive away. Oscar week consists of meetings and networking for actors such as Trond Fausa Aurvåg Photo: Thomas Hass / news – At first I thought it was awkward to be in this casino hotel alone, but I soon discovered that there were many of us there. We created a message thread that we called “Oppenhomies” so that we could share pictures and help each other with things. The Norwegian actor laughs. – I have seen that Cillian Murphy thanks “the Oppenhomies” when he wins awards. But the Oppenhomies are really just us who had the small roles and lived in the casino hotel. Hollywood dreamer Trond Fausa Aurvåg lived in Los Angeles for a few weeks in 2015 when he had played in Lilyhammer. But at the time he felt he was too late to use the series’ success to land new roles. That’s kind of why he’s in Hollywood now. It is important to be present when you are, after all, in the film that can clear the table at an Oscar ceremony. – I am absolutely miserable at meetings and small talk. But when I got an invitation to Universal’s Oscar party, I just had to come. – How much does it mean to your career, do you know now? – I don’t really know. I haven’t noticed that much. But it’s always better to be in a Christopher Nolan film than not to be in one, laughs Trond Fausa Aurvåg. He adds that it was an absolute pleasure to work with Nolan. The famous co-stars said it felt like working on an indie film. At a diner on Sunset Blvd. news meets the two Norwegian actors Photo: Thomas Hass / news
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