Hilmar Gudjonsson: From football to 'Flags'

Hilmar GudjonssonA former football player, Hilmar Gudjonsson first came out on-camera inside a small role in Clint Eastwood's "Flags within our Fathers." An attractive debut, nevertheless the 27-year-old shrugs it well, saying, "Well, initially I used to be one more, however ended up you receive one scene to accomplish, in pretty odd conditions. Therefore I arrived at meet Clint, also to act opposite Ryan Philippe. It absolutely was pretty awesome -- though afterwards,Inch he laughs, "I felt like I'd had cardiac event!Inch And people odd conditions? "Well, there has been about 600 accessories in many, and many of them happen to be worrying they weren't undergoing treatment perfectly, so lots quit. After 2 days there has been a maximum of 150 left. And really, to a different week I truly considered quitting too. But that round-the-clock they referred to as me in and asked for me to determine. And out of the blue I'm inside the movie." After graduation from theater school this season, Gudjonsson was hired with the Reykjavik City Theater, and contains since came out in four productions. He needed his first film lead in Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson's dramedy "Either In Situation,Inch which recently acquired kudos within the Turin fest, and could soon be viewed in Oskar Thor Axelsson pic "Black's Game." Asked for whose career he'd probab to emulate, he responds getting a thoughtful, surprising choice: "I'm really interested in Kate Winslet, in truth. She's kind of the most popular -- not just because she's intelligent, but because she seems to supply everything she will get, in every single role she does. Which is fascinating and inspiring to check out.In . Return to the Berlin Preview >> Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com