Hidden starring Izabella Scorupco premieres in February 2019
By: Anders Frejdh
Published: 2018-12-16
On 1 February 2019, new original series Hidden, an urban fantasy thriller based on Filip Alexanderson's book Firstborn starring Izabella Scorupco (Bond girl Natalya Simonova in the 1995 film GoldenEye) and August Wittgenstein (Das Boot), premieres exclusively on Viaplay.
The series builds an alternative universe where nothing or nobody are what it seems to be. A hidden world among us.
– As soon as I read the script, I felt that 'I do not miss this one', and I never feel like that, Izabella Scorupco said in an interview published on 11th December 2018 along with the official trailer.
Official trailer for Viaplay's original series Hidden: Firstborn starring Izabella Scorupco
Interviews behind the scenes of Hidden: Firstborn with Izabella Scorupco and others
Izabella Scorupco portrays the character Viveca Eldh who are the hiddens protector. German-Swedish actor August Wittgenstein plays Jonas who is struck by a trauma that raises unexpected qualities to life which also puts his life at risk.
In other roles, Norwegian actress Pia Tjelta (Lykkeland) and Danish actor Alexander Willaume (Tomb Raider) portrays two of the other main characters. Other cast members include several Swedish actors such as Josefin Ljungman (Arn), Simon J. Berger (Ingen utan skuld), Simon Norrthon (Veni Vidi Vici), Anders Mossling (Bron), Electra Hallman (Fröken Frimans Krig), Gizem Erdogan (ALEX), Eric Ericson (ALEX) and Christian Hillborg (Rig 45).
The series is written by Björn Paqualin (Ockupationen) and Jonathan Sjöberg (Svartsjön). Jonathan Sjöberg is also the conceptual director and co-director are Daniel Di Grado (Jordskott) and David Berron (Advokaten).
The Viaplay original in eight episodes that premieres on Viaplay is produced by Yellow Bird.