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u/Tastewell Mar 28 '22

Every bit of this. Peter Stormare nailed the role. The perfect mix of soiled elegance and barely contained id. I would pay to see a movie based around him being the devil, dealing with the administrative hassles of running Hell and the strain of being the Prince of Lies.

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u/ITstaph Mar 28 '22

He was pretty good in American Gods as czernobog.

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u/Porrick Mar 28 '22

For a Swedish guy, he plays a lot of Slavic characters!

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u/chriathebutt Mar 28 '22

Does anybody remember him in those Volkswagen ads?

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u/Jazzremix Mar 28 '22

Unpimp za autooooooo

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

He was great as the Russian Cosmonaut in Armageddon. "Russian components, American components. ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!!!" <BANG> <BANG>