(AFP) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who stars in the hit TV series “Game of Thrones,” has another leading role in a film about the 2015 terror attacks in Copenhagen, its distributor said Friday.
The actor — who plays Jaime Lannister in the global phenomenon — also portrays Rico, a worn-out police officer assigned to the team that tracked Omar El-Hussein after he killed two people in separate attacks.
“The film is based on real events surrounding the terrorist attack on the Krudttonden Cultural Centre and the Copenhagen synagogue in February 2015,” SF Studios said in a statement.
El-Hussein, 22, a Dane of Palestinian origin, claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group before he fired an assault rifle at the cultural centre during a debate on religion and freedom of expression.
