Netflix has given Switzerland its own top agent. Because the second season has invented a Swiss diplomat who doesn't even exist. And as if that's not enough, a Swedish actor plays him. The female lead is played by Luciane Buchanan 31 , who embodies the cunning Rose.
The first season is still the seventh most-watched series in Netflix history. The second season, which has been running on the streaming service since January 23, has also shot to the top of the Netflix charts again. Sutherland's companion? According to the series, Giger is a "career politician". Even more bizarre: He was punished by the FBI for this undercover mission - as reparation for unspecified misconduct. Sounds like Hollywood fiction?
It is. This profession does not exist. A fictitious top agent, then. The fake Swiss even speaks High German in the series - and not even badly. If that's not diplomatic progress. An Iranian diplomat and the Swiss agent talk about Rose, who is now called Bettina. So that she can't follow the conversation, the two switch from English to German in the original - and from German to French in the dubbed version. The real drama for the Swiss identity is yet another one.
And that is an old wound: People keep confusing Switzerland and Sweden - as if the Alps and Scandinavia were interchangeable. Are there no Swiss actors in Hollywood? Nonetheless, the series takes its diplomatic creativity to the extreme while remaining entertaining. My account. My Data Log out. E-Mail Weather. Netflix Screenshot. No time? Swiss trauma: Emil Giger is played by a Swede - a stab at the national heart. The series remains entertaining, even if it creatively interprets diplomatic reality.
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