I think that whats interesting about the show is the relationship between landscape and character.

The landscape is beautiful, but the environment can kill you.

Was that a deliberate choice?

So it should feel quite threatening.

Incredibly beautiful, very fragile and quite threatening, all at the same time.

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It is unsettling and thats already starting to come out.

I think whats interesting is the character of Dan Anderssen.

Richard Dormer has described him as a good man who has had to do bad things.

Would you agree with that?

Weve been called Scandi-noir a frozen Western.

There are strong western themes in the show.

Its a frontier town and I would prefer to think about it that way.

He makes a strong contrast with DCI Morton, doesnt he?

Ive seen up to the second episode where they have that bonding moment but theyve got very different approaches.

Is that a pattern thats being set up?

Those are the characters that Simon [Donald, writer] has created.

We havent followed that model because we simply dont have that kind of budget.

I would love to try that model one day.

So its a slightly different system.

A lot of them are, I suppose, budgetary arent they?

Yes, very much so.

Im sure theres a willingness out there, its just a case of finding the right ones.

Its a self-contained story that comes to an end.

Every question that you have will be answered, I hope.

There is a very particular story thats being told that has an end.

What was it like getting the international cast together, was that a particular challenge?

Weve got quite a few nationalities represented across languages in some cases.

It was a complete privilege and a thrilling experience.

We found real-life models where the town is forty percent Scandinavian and sixty percent international.

So then, being able to cast from that variety of nationalities was just a wonderful experience.

We had a brilliant casting director and all of us.

And actually it was the easiest part of the process.

Hes quite an ambassador to have, isnt he?

Yeah, hes a fantastic ambassador.

So what were the hard parts?

I still feel sick at the thought of what everyone had to go through.

So its the landscape again, isnt it?

Its too magnificent for the story as well as visually to look at.

Patrick Spence, thank you very much!

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