All praise to Herman Flesvig: – Felt like one of the guys in the gang – VG

– I felt like one of the guys in the gang, Myrseth writes in a warm and poignant post on Saturday’s Aftenposten.

There, Myrseth is grateful for having the opportunity to follow the dream of becoming an actor.

“I am very happy that NRK and Herman Flesvig gave me the opportunity to participate in the ‘Service for the first time’. Then I was able to show that I too can learn lines and play with Downs», writes, among other things.

Sondre’s mother, Sissel Berg Myrseth, tells VG that it was Aftenposten himself who reached out to Sondre on Instagram and wondered if he would write a few words about taking care of the newspaper’s Advent calendar.

– So my sister and I started interviewing Sondre and writing down her thoughts. This gave not only Sondre, but also us the opportunity to convey what we wanted. Sondre is passionate about becoming an actor, and in “First Time Service” he showed that he, too, can learn to write scripts and lines, he says.

Herman Flesvig tells VG that he thinks it’s great that something that is completely natural to him means so much to Sondre.

– It is great if NRK and I can help Sondre have more opportunities to act and show other people with disabilities that anything is possible. He’s a role model for many, including me, says Flesvig.

He calls the recording time with Sondre “insanely fun.”

– I enjoyed it a lot and he has a good sense of humor so we laugh a lot together. There’s a lot of new stuff when you’re shooting, and like it or not, it’s probably a little scary when you’re in front of the camera, but I thought Sondre took the challenge head-on. We used to warm up talking about everything and nothing, or singing Captain Sabertooth, he says.

Sissel Berg Myrseth confirms that the son is weak to Captain Sabertooth, but beyond that, he has not noticed any difference in the son before and after his performance.

– Sondre looks like himself! But he has declared that he is now a celebrity, he laughs.

– And he thinks it’s really fun to see himself on TV!

About Herman Flesvig, you have only good words to say.

– Herman has been absolutely amazing and followed Sondre after and answered questions. It looks like it has both legs firmly planted on the ground. He has really shown some very good aspects of himself, says Sissel Berg Myrseth.

– Was there a special reason why you wanted an actor with Down syndrome in the series, Herman Flesvig?

– For me, diversity is important. I never think one should either
underestimate, exclude or discriminate against people, he responds.

– I have a father who worked for many years at Empo as a department director – there is one
workplace for people with varying degrees of disability. Growing up, I used to visit him at work and there was always so much joy and commitment that I think we can all learn from. That it was Sondre who got the role of Grim-Torkild was primarily because he is a good actor who was suitable for the role, but also because I want to contribute to thinking about diversity, to help create that society I want to live in.