In those silences you mentioned, Adam said there’s such an intensity that you project. For you, where does that intensity come from?

I think when I discovered the world of cinema, when I was a young teenager, it was my source of oxygen. I think it saved my life. I felt less lonely in the world. I felt seen, I felt heard, I felt connected. I think I feel so honored and so lucky to be a part of this and to be an actor that is allowed to do all this and to be existing and living in that.

I love it so much, but it’s also necessary. It’s my oxygen. I don’t really have gray zones, which can be difficult sometimes. I feel sometimes I’m like, “You have to learn maybe everything is not black and white,” but I think the passion and the love I have for films makes me feel I need to give it all because I want to deserve to be here. I feel I owe it to the audience, to you. You take time and watch my films. I want to give you my all.

You see that in the work. I mean, you don’t make “Lamb” as someone who doesn’t love movies. Speaking of which, that was a great movie to experience with an audience, seeing how they reacted. With “Black Crab” and other Netflix films you’ve done, do you miss that theatrical experience at all? 

I love going to the movies. I love sitting down as a bunch of people, people eating popcorn and the lights go down and some annoying dude having his cell phone on behind you. Shut it off. But I love being in the room together with people. “Black Crab” was in a film festival in Gothenburg. I was sitting in a full room of 800 people or something, and it was really interesting to see the reactions.

Now, that is always the amazing thing about working with Netflix. I remember that, I think “What Happened to Monday” came out and all of a sudden, there were millions of people that saw it in a week. It was crazy. So many people, from South Korea to Brazil to Cape Town. A girl in Cape Town and a boy in L.A. can watch it simultaneously. That is powerful and magical, but I would love to have the best of both, ideally.

Some people will discover certain movies, like “The Trip,” more easily, too.

Yeah, and I think not all movies need to be on a big screen. I think “The Trip” is a fun, crazy ride. I had fun making it and it’s perfect for Netflix. I think you will have different life forms, but “Black Crab” is so visual and so poetic. Ideally, maybe in the future you can have a festival where Netflix does the best of their pics and people can see it on a big screen. If I was just a wizard and could decide, I would say, “Okay, let them be out in the theaters and be on Netflix at the same time and people can choose.”

You dubbed yourself in “Black Crab.” What is that experience like? Is it surreal?

I mean, I was doing press for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” in, I think, Paris, and I was on a talk show. They showed me a clip, like, “We’re going to show you a clip of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’.” I’m sitting and I [heard] a French voice and I was like, “Wait, wait, what? That’s not my voice.” I didn’t know. I didn’t expect it. I had my face to drop. I was like, “Is that my voice? That doesn’t even sound like me.”

They do in a lot of countries. I mean, I have a German voice, I have different voices. Now, this was the first time it was my voice, me dubbing myself. It was really strange. I was in the studio. Some words, like “OK,” it’s the same, but it is weird. I’m so used to reading subtitles because we have that here in Scandinavia. I grew up watching American films and reading subtitles. I’m used to it. It’s how I prefer to watch films. For example, “Parasite,” that I love. I’ve seen it a couple times and when it’s the second time, you can go more freely between faces and reading and you get used to it. It’s strange, but I can also understand that some people just want to look at their faces all the time and not read.

Earlier you said how discovering movies as a teenager was life-changing. What were some of those movies that made a big impact?

I had a huge crush on Patricia Arquette. I watched everything with her. I think I discovered her in “True Romance,” and then Ridley Scott, and then after that I went into “Indian Runner,” and then from “Indian Runner,” I discovered Viggo Mortensen and then I kind of started following him. So it was almost a puzzle, a chain, I saw a film with someone I loved and then that led me to discovering that person in another film. Some films I kept watching over and I’ll follow the lead. All those classics. I love “Strange Days.”

Great movie.

Yeah. Some films I came back to and I kept watching them. I think I discovered Juliette Lewis in “Cape Fear,” but then I saw “Strange Days” and then she was someone I was following for quite some time.

“Black Crab” is now available on Netflix.