Midlife crisis, Danish style: one man, zero dignity, infinite bad decisions.
Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestLars's has got it made. He's landed the lead role in a big Viking series where he plays King Forkbeard. He's confused about his feelings for Julie, and he must accept that love can still surprise.
Get ready to get to know 'Big Lars' - because Lars Hjortshøj is tired of being 'Little Lars'. Tired of kind of silly roles with a stupid beard, tired of murky jobs, tired of being a man that has stalled in his midlife and never gotten the respect, he deserves. Because of that Lars ventures into a range of projects in his try to achieve real acknowledgement.
Acting
Hjortshøj weaponizes his own desperation brilliantly.
Writing
Meta-commentary on Danish celebrity culture hits hard.
Creator
Lars Hjortshøj
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hjortshøj is a Danish comedy institution; this series weaponizes his actual career frustrations against Denmark's celebrity hierarchy.
The 'projects' blur reality and fiction so aggressively that Danish media debated which Lars was 'real' during airing.
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