Kåre Hedebrant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kåre Hedebrant (born 28 June 1995) is a Swedish actor. He played the main character in the 2008 Swedish romantic horror film Let the Right One In. He lives in Hässelby, near Stockholm. Hedebrant currently attends Adolf Frederick´s School of Music, with singing as a main subject.[citation needed] In 2005, Hedebrant played the title role of Emil in "Emil i Lönneberga", a theatrical production based on the popular children's novels by Astrid Lindgren. In 2007, after an open casting involving 4000 kids, Hedebrant was chosen to play the role of Oskar in Let the Right One In. Oskar, the protagonist of the film, is a 12-year old bullied boy who strikes up a friendship with the mysterious Eli (Lina Leandersson), who later turns out to be a vampire. Hedebrant received generally positive notices for his role. According to If magazine's reviewer, "Hedebrant does a fine job of conveying the boy’s silent longing, rage and defiance". James Berardinelli considered him an "interesting choice to play Oskar", and noted that he "effectively makes the character seem remote, withdrawn, and a little creepy". According to Hedebrant, "[e]ven the bully scenes weren't hard to shoot because I got on very well with both guys ... [t]he main problem was that it was so cold!" Hedebrant has expressed that although he hasn't decided to pursue a career in acting, he would "definitely" want to try it again. He received a nomination for "Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performers" (with Lina Leandersson), in the 30th Annual Young Artist Awards. Other nominations include "Breakthrough Performer" from the Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008 (won by Lina Leandersson), and "Best Actor" in the 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (won by Ron Perlman). Hedebrant is member of a band called The Broadcasting Service, who "plays alternative rock, stuff like The Hives". In 2010, Hedebrant was chosen as the lead role in Amors Baller, a Norwegian romantic comedy directed by Kristoffer Metcalfe. Hedebrant plays Lucas, a Swedish teenager who moves to a small Norwegian town, and falls in love with the goalkeeper on the local girl's football team.The film premiered in Norway on 25 March 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kåre Hedebrant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.