Magnus Martens’ producer may not have like his crime comedy very much, but he did like something Jo Nesbø wrote and so the core concept for Jackpot landed in Martens’ hands.
The action comedy focuses on an innocent factory owner named Oscar (Kyrre Hellum). When Oscar’s employees, all ex-cons, aren’t churning out little fake Christmas trees, they’re up to no good. Well, at least Thor, Dan and Billy (Mads Ousdal, Andreas Cappelen and Arthur Berning) are. The trio convinces Oscar to join in on their can’t-lose soccer bet, but when guys actually win, rather than split the cash and enjoy their riches, people start dying.
In honor of Jackpot’s international debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, Martens was in town and took the time to talk about bringing Nesbø’s story to life his way, his choice to cast while writing the script, balancing the bloodshed and humor and more. Hear it all straight from Martens himself in the video interview below.
