svend's hairline

it's not real

Narh, it isn't real. They actually had to build in some kind of device that make water, or whatever it is, coming out of the hairline thingy, so you can see in some situations he starts to sweat. Some tiny little buttons he has to press every time makes that happen ^_^ but no, it's not real, and i think in some parts of the movie, it's quite noticable

but that's part of what makes it so great! He almost makes you uncomfortable when he's on screen, but have you looked at his imdb profile?

http://imdb.com/name/nm0586568/

Definitely not his hairline. I have trouble believing it's the same guy.

That hairline was ridiculous! When I went to check out his IMDB profile I couldn't believe that that was the same guy (he's quite good looking I might add). But yes, the hairline and the sweat definitely helped to make the character.



"I've got a fever...and the only prescription is more cow bell!"

all the other pictures ive seen lead me to believe its not real. on a related note, does anyone else think that the guy who plays Bjarne/Eigil looks almost EXACTLY like the guy from that fox show "prison break"?

Interestingly I once knew a guy (co-worker) who had "exactly the same" hairline, and he had even left the same weird impression (visually mostly) on me like Svend did in this movie: a little bit wayward.

I think it can't be only the hair but then again the overall appearance of a person is influenced quite a lot by this particular hairstyle... since it's so _odd_, it reminds me of south-american native indians of whom some wear a similar hairstyle (they actually cut their front hair off with a sharp blade and also paint their body skin with red clay - no joke). I'm sure if you'd ever meet a guy with enormous bald spots at the temples and cheeky chins (maybe even a bit sweaty and with this look in some tiny pair of eyes) then it's very likely he'll give you the same impression as Svend. But then it won't be very likely, you'll see someone walk around with such a hairpiece, and a hairpiece it surely is... noone would shave one's hair like that unless he's living in the brazilian rainforest or a goth.

I was always certain it was a toupee the bloke I once knew was wearing, but then I wondered why would someone wear such a silly hairpiece? There must be more to it. Maybe he was fascinated with the martial impression that it made? (Although he was not the youngest, he was also into japanese martial arts... tho age doesn't mean anything there) But maybe it's not so unusual but yet not a very common/popular hairpiece for people with almost no hair left on the head but only at the backs or some very rare, vicious kind of baldness that cuts off right at the Walken-line... I'll tell you watch out for those Christopher Walken types...

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It's clear in several shots that the hairline is shaved. That half a helmet of hair was a great attribute for his character.