@@reyg7028 No, They are speaking English because Nikolaj has a lot of fans from around the world, Not because of other North European people. The show is made for Scandinavia and we don't use English to talk. So I agree, it is generous of them ! :D
Joking in a second language really is something you have to work on if you want to master it. Nikolaj seems to be misunderstood a lot in interviews when he's joking, even with him speaking such a fine english. Must be the nature of scandinavian irony that does'nt translate quite as well as he thinks.
He translated well to us Brits who use sarcasm as humour as do you guys in Norway and Scandinavian countries. It's only Americans who don't get this humour. Us Brtis and I'm Scottish, we are similar people, we have the same ancestry and humour imo.
@@overthewebb That's because many Americans (liberal ones) have no sense of humor. Its all about themselves. Very self centered and self absorbed and all they want to do is put down others. It's really quite sad.
Skavlan (the interviewer, who suggested english) is Norwegian though. Perhaps a bit confusing this to foreigners because Scandinavians talk to each other in each others respective languages. This might confuse people thinking there is just one language spoken.
Danish Norwegian and Swedish are roughly the same langauge with different dialect, roughly.. The written language is more similar than the pronunciation of the words. The pronunciation can get so wildly different it's like a different language, but in general the norse understand each other if they talk very slowly amongst each other..
Considering they're going to have to film multiple ending episodes to prevent leaks I'd be annoyed. Especially considering they don't get paid for the extra episodes that won't be released.
Such a fantastic actor! I just saw his new movie "Shot Caller" and he just shines through in that -Amazing movie. Of all the actors on GoT, he is the one who truly deserves a great career when the show ends. He has that extra 5 percent talent that you just don't see very often. It's like he can basically take on any role in any movie, and do it justice ;)
If he doesn't get at the very least an Emmy nomination soon, I riot. HBO pitched him for an Emmy nomination for season 6 along with Kit Harrington and Peter Dinklage, but Emmy didn't pick up the pitch. He deserved to WIN that Emmy, not just the nomination!
Saw Shot Caller before GOT. Shocked. When I looked him off b/c he was amazing in that. Surprised he wasn't (from) American born actor. (I've always had an affinity for "foreign" actors, UK, Aussie, anywhere other than the US too. etc.) I lived "The Killing" for example. Then GOT exploded.... and here I am.
This is honestly a bit concerning. I hope they at least get an indepth summary of the plot with the necessary subtext before doing the scenes, because otherwise I can't see how this won't have a tremendous negative impact on the acting itself.
Yep, he was kidding. The actor who plays Davos said something about getting the scripts this week in a interview a while ago. And it's just like you said, acting without a script is nearly impossible.
He was probably kidding but I want season 8 to be mind blowing!!!! Every episode needs to be amazing!!season 7 was great in CGI and action scenes but it lacked in story plot.
The acting has been consistently stellar. Some of the storylines have not been that great, but part of THAT was George R.R. Martin himself, who forgot where he was going after Book 3.
I hope that he's kidding about that whole ear-piece thing because I don't see how actors can do their job well if they have no clue what's their character's arc, especially coming towards the end of the show. What will happen to subtleties and subtext without an in depth summary?
>Game of Thrones >character arcs, subtlety and subtext Don't know about Nikolaj, but you're definitely kidding here. "Subtlety" and "Game of Thrones" are two things that cannot even be mentioned in the same sentence, and any subtext and character arcs that can be found in the show are only there because the show runners couldn't be bothered to do any work and lifted them wholesale from the books, all the while completely missing the point of what Martin was going for.
Most times I've heard that used like "smacking your lips" after putting on lipbalm/lipstick though. Also, in anticipation of eating, rather than actually making the sound when eating. I think we just use more detailed terms, like slurping, but lack the overall term that translates more precise to its Scandinavian counterparts. There could be some obscure word nobody uses though, the english language has an insane number of words compared to most others.
This has got to be one of the funniest interviews I’ve ever watched! 😂. I’m sure he’s joking about the ear pieces. Even the best actors need to know their lines ahead of time. Just goes to show that everyone should stop trying to steal the scripts ahead of time. Let it be a surprise!!
I'm sure he's joking but I'm amused by imagining the logistics of such filming: Kit Harington doing a scene where he's riding a dragon suddenly bursting out "dammit, Miguel, I'm trying to save the realm and you're just shouting in my ear!"
Yeah, I don't know exactly in Danish, but in Norwegian I think its like «smatte»... I need to ask the wife to be sure! Certainly something onomatopoeic.
Smaske in Danish. "at smaske" = "to smack" "et smask" = "a smack" It can be used both for smacking your lips and something like smacking someone on their cheek. "SMASK!" But unless otherwise implied, it will usually be the former.
Not really, there is a distinction (having lived half my life in Scandinavia and half here in the US). Smaske/Smaska is a more generic noise you make while eating, while smacking refer to "lip-noise", it doesn't really cover all the sounds that Smaske/Smaska does.
After the third season he was heavily misused. He had nothing to do, he was basically waiting for all of the other stories to warp up so he can leave Cersei at the end of season 7... :(
phombuspucker Ah, but 'smaske' specifically and only means 'smaske' which is that specific type of lip smacking. Smacking in English can mean many different things so usually you'd say 'lip smacking' and even then that has to cover a few different types of lip smacking. Usually English is much more verbose and Danish is the one lacking the verbage for translation, but weirdly enough not with lip smacking. We've really got our linguistics priorities right eh?
Really like this guy and not just for GOT but all the other movies he has been in, he's really an exceptional actor. I only wish I could talk or even understand all these different languages that it seems like everyone in the Scandinavian Countries know. If the wife ever passes, I'm moving that way... (She hates it over there and I don't believe in divorce)
As a Scottish Brit I love the Scandinavian people. Just switched language. It makes me feel kinda pathetic. As Brits we are mixed with those in Scandinavia. We are family. I wish I could change language though.
I find it fascinating how when he acts as Jaime he speaks English with zero accent yet naturally he still does. I wonder if he could talk like Jaime in real life if he wanted to. Like can he flip it on like a switch
Yes usually acting coaches on set help the non native speakers actors to master and do the perfect accent. You do it everyday before shooting a scene but it's great!
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That's extremely generous of them to speak in English. Thank you!
joshuarivera86 They are speaking English because it’s a Norwegian show with Dutch and other North European people.
@@reyg7028 No, They are speaking English because Nikolaj has a lot of fans from around the world, Not because of other North European people. The show is made for Scandinavia and we don't use English to talk. So I agree, it is generous of them ! :D
@@reyg7028 Dont ever fucking call Danish Dutch again or ill have your head on a spike
@@YawnWoofDog calm dude
@@YawnWoofDog Jesus Christ.
Nikolaj seems like such a funny, genuine and nice person. What a beautiful man!
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he's like a philosopher... he said many clever, wise things. gotta like him. and he seems so down to earth as well!
He's such a great actor! Can't wait for the new season!
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U sir.. are blowing our minds 😳
You're going to have to wait, April 2019 Baby woop da doop
@@jamespryde5029 April,15th 2019..new season...release
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Nikolaj knows about SKAM im dead. Game of Thrones and SKAM are my two favorite shows
Not only he knows Skam, but also he sings with Noora, so cool
@@restrykcyjnie i'm really late but where omg
@@SakeenahDasti th-cam.com/video/FKn6cMg3Vpk/w-d-xo.html
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oh i love him so much ...he is so funny and humble...could watch him all day long
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How does he switch accents so well!
He had an accent coach on Game of Thrones :D
I don't see a difference between him beeing himself and him beeing acting. He acts very natural, thats great.
Well, he's not fucking his sister during this interview :P
@@SelvesteSand hahhahahahhahahahahah...i feel you sir
Joking in a second language really is something you have to work on if you want to master it. Nikolaj seems to be misunderstood a lot in interviews when he's joking, even with him speaking such a fine english. Must be the nature of scandinavian irony that does'nt translate quite as well as he thinks.
He translated well to us Brits who use sarcasm as humour as do you guys in Norway and Scandinavian countries. It's only Americans who don't get this humour. Us Brtis and I'm Scottish, we are similar people, we have the same ancestry and humour imo.
@@overthewebb That's because many Americans (liberal ones) have no sense of humor. Its all about themselves. Very self centered and self absorbed and all they want to do is put down others. It's really quite sad.
Europeans {Danish} are very diplomatic . Thank you for speaking in English . How do you say Thanks ?
Takk!
Tak in danish and takk in norwegian :)
dafuq?!
Skavlan (the interviewer, who suggested english) is Norwegian though. Perhaps a bit confusing this to foreigners because Scandinavians talk to each other in each others respective languages. This might confuse people thinking there is just one language spoken.
Danish Norwegian and Swedish are roughly the same langauge with different dialect, roughly..
The written language is more similar than the pronunciation of the words.
The pronunciation can get so wildly different it's like a different language, but in general the norse understand each other if they talk very slowly amongst each other..
Your right hand is beautiful
Would be a shame if someone cut it off...
Jesse Pinkman bitch!
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Lol!
As a Dane, it's so fucking odd to see Nikolaj actually be a part of Danish TV. It's Jaime Lannister speaking fucking Danish.
MrMaho Yes!! I can't see him speaking Danish now ahaha
This might be abit late, but how in the hell is this "Danish TV" ?
@@ViciousEmperor There is also television in Denmark
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I know nothing about acting, but not getting the script sounds awful.
He was joking.
Oh shit I did not notice that at all, I'm usually quite good at picking up on stuff like that.
Gradi3nt No he jokes about these Game of Thrones plot type of things constantly to set up a wild goose chase.. he has done that since season 3.
Considering they're going to have to film multiple ending episodes to prevent leaks I'd be annoyed. Especially considering they don't get paid for the extra episodes that won't be released.
Try doing some research instead of looking stupid John. The entire Finale is being short multiple different times.
Such a fantastic actor! I just saw his new movie "Shot Caller" and he just shines through in that -Amazing movie. Of all the actors on GoT, he is the one who truly deserves a great career when the show ends. He has that extra 5 percent talent that you just don't see very often. It's like he can basically take on any role in any movie, and do it justice ;)
If he doesn't get at the very least an Emmy nomination soon, I riot. HBO pitched him for an Emmy nomination for season 6 along with Kit Harrington and Peter Dinklage, but Emmy didn't pick up the pitch. He deserved to WIN that Emmy, not just the nomination!
not the same i can say for kit harrington
omg yes! shot caller was amazing and he is definitely one of the best actors on game of thrones.
@@randomaccount5725 agreed with you..shot caller is awesome
Saw Shot Caller before GOT. Shocked. When I looked him off b/c he was amazing in that. Surprised he wasn't (from) American born actor. (I've always had an affinity for "foreign" actors, UK, Aussie, anywhere other than the US too. etc.) I lived "The Killing" for example.
Then GOT exploded.... and here I am.
Thanks for doing it in English! Love the Scandies!
he is so lovely,humble and handsome guy...My Kingslayer love
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That video...was one of greatest things I've ever seen.
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This is honestly a bit concerning. I hope they at least get an indepth summary of the plot with the necessary subtext before doing the scenes, because otherwise I can't see how this won't have a tremendous negative impact on the acting itself.
Yep, he was kidding. The actor who plays Davos said something about getting the scripts this week in a interview a while ago. And it's just like you said, acting without a script is nearly impossible.
He was probably kidding but I want season 8 to be mind blowing!!!! Every episode needs to be amazing!!season 7 was great in CGI and action scenes but it lacked in story plot.
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Liam Cunningham (Davos) actually somewhat reinforced Waldau''s story here, saying that he got the scripts but that they could only open them on set.
The acting has been consistently stellar. Some of the storylines have not been that great, but part of THAT was George R.R. Martin himself, who forgot where he was going after Book 3.
One of best actors on GOT and there has been some brilliant ones! I think he would make a great James Bond!!
He's a bit old to play Bond
@@svendbraender3118 not older than Daniel Craig
@@Kasino80 Fair point, but a bit late to start. I'm not as against an old Bond as I once was though
the mention of Skam made my day!!!
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With a face like that I could rule the fucking world
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so nice to see Jamie Lannister with his right hand waving beautiful while speaking.... 😊😊😊
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Had no idea he had a Scandy accent. His accent on thrones seems very natural to him
weeleon So incredible. His accent is perfect.
He has an accent coach. He have said he had one on Game of Thrones :D He said it was a VERY difficult thing to learn and he is still learning.
omg i can watch this man all day
6:35 is when they talk about script.
He is cool.
@Mycel hahahahaa...acting dude
He's so gorgeous inside and out. ❤❤❤❤
This is a rare thing... the actor is cooler than the character! Or he is being an actor there which I do not believe.
Just enjoyed my brother
What an awesome interview!
@Skavlan , thank you for doing this interview in English for us ignorant humans.
That video was awesome! Cheers to Nikolaj!
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I hope that he's kidding about that whole ear-piece thing because I don't see how actors can do their job well if they have no clue what's their character's arc, especially coming towards the end of the show. What will happen to subtleties and subtext without an in depth summary?
SanyaTheShe he is definitely kidding :p
>Game of Thrones
>character arcs, subtlety and subtext
Don't know about Nikolaj, but you're definitely kidding here. "Subtlety" and "Game of Thrones" are two things that cannot even be mentioned in the same sentence, and any subtext and character arcs that can be found in the show are only there because the show runners couldn't be bothered to do any work and lifted them wholesale from the books, all the while completely missing the point of what Martin was going for.
I like it, if you know the outcome you might act in a different way. Doing it line by line keeps it genuine.
The English word for the mouth thing is "Smacking", at least to my knowledge.
Most times I've heard that used like "smacking your lips" after putting on lipbalm/lipstick though. Also, in anticipation of eating, rather than actually making the sound when eating. I think we just use more detailed terms, like slurping, but lack the overall term that translates more precise to its Scandinavian counterparts. There could be some obscure word nobody uses though, the english language has an insane number of words compared to most others.
WOW, Coster-Waldau is in control of this interview.
Haha that thing about Nikolaj having a relationship with Skavlan's girlfriend in "A Second Chance" is hilarious ! xDD
This has got to be one of the funniest interviews I’ve ever watched! 😂. I’m sure he’s joking about the ear pieces. Even the best actors need to know their lines ahead of time. Just goes to show that everyone should stop trying to steal the scripts ahead of time. Let it be a surprise!!
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The girlfriend part was hilarious
I'm sure he's joking but I'm amused by imagining the logistics of such filming: Kit Harington doing a scene where he's riding a dragon suddenly bursting out "dammit, Miguel, I'm trying to save the realm and you're just shouting in my ear!"
XD
Meaning???
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I feel this is all part of play. I feel they will get the script but were told to tell the press that they won’t get the script.
Lip-smacking is the English equivalent - at least in my dialect.
agreed. I was going to comment if no one else did. He said "smaska" or something like that, right? Very close to "smack"
Yeah, I don't know exactly in Danish, but in Norwegian I think its like «smatte»... I need to ask the wife to be sure! Certainly something onomatopoeic.
Smaske in Danish.
"at smaske" = "to smack"
"et smask" = "a smack"
It can be used both for smacking your lips and something like smacking someone on their cheek. "SMASK!" But unless otherwise implied, it will usually be the former.
Slurp or champ as well
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Yes!..See Nick. We have it....
For anyone who's wondering what the song is: "CO3 - POLEN SMELTER feat. MC Noora"
Thank you. I couldn't find it on google at all.
4:02 The English word for that is called "smacking"! XD
Hahhahahaha..smacking??
Not really, there is a distinction (having lived half my life in Scandinavia and half here in the US). Smaske/Smaska is a more generic noise you make while eating, while smacking refer to "lip-noise", it doesn't really cover all the sounds that Smaske/Smaska does.
After the third season he was heavily misused. He had nothing to do, he was basically waiting for all of the other stories to warp up so he can leave Cersei at the end of season 7... :(
After the fourth you mean? In the fourth we saw him and Tyrion develop their bond and Jaime freeing Tyrion.
He owned season 6 in my opinion.
@@SelvesteSand yes..season 6..with his friend..i am forgot the name...
Thank you for doing the interview in English.
So we are going to find out how good all actors in GOT are at improv, lol
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was NOT expecting them to mention Skam at all!!
10:00 now we know the real reason he was invited to be on the show
Lmao
lol, that last part with his wife. my face hurts.
'so glad you could come..' don't stop there again skavlan
the english is very appreciated :)
Dank je wel from the netherlands :p
Thanks for watching!
I’m straight, but Nikolai is so fucking handsome
I can hear Ned Starks voice echoing "you're torturing the poor boy".
The English word for that is “smacking”, for eating loudly with your mouth open. At least it was for me, and I grew up in southern US.
Hr. Skavlan, jag njuter av ditt program. Jag är amerikansk och kan prata bra svenska, som du kan se. Jag älskar Skandinavien och Skandinaver.
Bullshit 🙄
What a gorgeous intelligent entertaining man Nikolaj is
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The word is smacking.
phombuspucker Ah, but 'smaske' specifically and only means 'smaske' which is that specific type of lip smacking. Smacking in English can mean many different things so usually you'd say 'lip smacking' and even then that has to cover a few different types of lip smacking. Usually English is much more verbose and Danish is the one lacking the verbage for translation, but weirdly enough not with lip smacking. We've really got our linguistics priorities right eh?
yayy Skam!
The English word for that is "smack"
its called smackin' yer food. we do have a word for it.
Really like this guy and not just for GOT but all the other movies he has been in, he's really an exceptional actor. I only wish I could talk or even understand all these different languages that it seems like everyone in the Scandinavian Countries know. If the wife ever passes, I'm moving that way... (She hates it over there and I don't believe in divorce)
I love Skavlan!
We love you too!
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I had no idea he was Danish! I live in Norway so it's kinda cool!
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I tried turning on English captions to see what they said at the beginning. This was...a mistake. :)
IRL NKW is such a candid guy. Pure innocence compared to the KINGSLAYER and OATHBREAKER character he plays hahahahahahahaa
I love this interviewer and niko
How clever are these people...multi lingual...well adjusted....that doesn't happen anywhere else apart from Europe...
The English word for making a noise when you eat and I think is a slang word is chamming or to cham.
"are they washing nigga" That's my favorite norwegian.
Love from Turkey, this was a weird conversation. :D
Nik's a great actor! Btw they spelled Jaime wrong in the description
Oh no! Thanks for commenting, the misspelling has been fixed.
Within seconds I was already weirded out that he has two hands. Well done!
i wish i look like that in my 50s!!
They need to get him on the amazon show vikings. He would be great in it.
I really, really was looking forward for it to be in Danish and Norwegian... :(
oh my god, turn on CC at 0:33 seconds.
What he actually said was "That was really good"
Tak-k til jer 😉
I was about to leave the video when they started talking in what I believe is Norwegian.
Nikolaj was speaking Danish and the other two Norwegian, then the host switched to English and Nikolaj switched to Norwegian. :P
As a Scottish Brit I love the Scandinavian people. Just switched language. It makes me feel kinda pathetic. As Brits we are mixed with those in Scandinavia. We are family. I wish I could change language though.
was watching with subtitles. 0:34 "are they washing nigga"
0:33 Put on subs
Scampibob: He said: That is very good...meaning: Good idea in Norwegian.
I find it fascinating how when he acts as Jaime he speaks English with zero accent yet naturally he still does. I wonder if he could talk like Jaime in real life if he wanted to. Like can he flip it on like a switch
Yes usually acting coaches on set help the non native speakers actors to master and do the perfect accent. You do it everyday before shooting a scene but it's great!
I thought New Amsterdam was a great show, he as good in Wimbledon as well
0:33 turn on the caption/subtitle, just do it.
So, I was going to watch the interview with James May and THIS popped up. winner winner chicken dinner.
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does anyone have a link to his song?
3:30 we do!!! well we have a phrase. we call it 'smacking your lips' haha
They *do* have a word for "smatte" in English, it's "(lip) smacking".
4:00 The Dutch word is "smakken".
The word they were looking for was smacking.
How he speaks english this well is unbelievable. Wouldn’t tell that he’s from Denmark..
God now i love this guy! Damn ho i will ever hate him again, i loved to hate him...
Ok who is the lady who gives Nick.the " Do me now..Right here.." look ..
Love it
I don't know if it's just me but Nikolaj sounds british when he speaks english.
Nah, it's definitely scandie-english
4:00 The English expression for that is "smack your lips"
Smaska is also making sounds with other parts of your mouth so "smack" is not a perfect translation, but it does cover part of it of course.
Smacking your lips when you eat. It’s called smacking. I fucking hate smacking.
4:04 The English word is 'smacking'
Skam😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I jumped when I heard that
It’s Prince Fucking Charming. No homo here but this Jamie Lannister is so likeable.
maybe they dont get scripts because anything the actors would come up with would be better than what d&d has to say