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The Curse of The Kingdom? which other actors died?

posted 14 years ago by UnaDahmer666
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this is from Wikipedia:

"a third series was planned. However, due to the death in 1998 of Ernst-Hugo Järegård (who played the Swedish neurosurgeon) and the subsequent deaths of Kirsten Rolffes (Mrs Drusse) and Morten Rotne Leffers who played the male dishwasher, the likelihood of a third series is now very remote. Von Trier actually wrote the third and final season, but the production was not picked up by DR. At that point, five regular cast members had died and it seemed impossible to continue the series."

it says five regular cast members had died but only lists 3, does anyone know who else died?

also, i'm surprised there isn't a "curse" linked to this show like the movie Poltergeist

doesn't it seem like whenever there are deaths associated with a movie, the plot almost always has to do with spirits that have been wronged? Potergeist, The Crow, The Kingdom... i'm sure there's more

[–] streisand_superman 14 years ago

I don't know who the other two could be - I could check it out on the Danish wikipedia if it's relevant?
However, both Rolfes and Järegård were old(-ish) and sick, and the dishwasher-dude had Down's syndrome (and was an adult during the first series), so their deaths aren't unexplainable or "a series of bad/unpredictable/weird luck". "Curses" need a bit more than this to feed on, I think :)

Mille.

By night I'm one hell of a lover

[–] UnaDahmer666 14 years ago

i'm not being a smarta$$, but i'm gonna assume you have a job?

these actors, work on this show, like going to their job, just like you

i don't know about you, but quite a few "old people" worked where i worked in a factory. i worked there for 3 years and no one died at all.

if five people had died in that time instead of zero, i'm sure we would have considered that a huge number.

i think anyone would

[–] andreaswae 11 years ago

It seems to me that the life expectancies in general are a little lower in show biz than in other professions.

[–] G_Runciter 10 years ago

this is nothing. check out how many actors have died who were on Babylon 5

[–] OneOfTheFew 8 years ago

The imbecile Doctor Moesgaard died, Hansen - the caretaker with the dog died. Bulder, the son of Drusse is long retired due to illness. He's not coming back.

If this was ever to be resurrected - I still hope - it should be distanced to the original storyline, so it doesn't have to be the original characters. It could be a new happening at the same location.