Saga Norén (The Bridge)
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| Portrayed by | Sofia Helin |
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| Appears in | The Bridge (Swedish: Bron, Danish: Broen) |
| Debut | season 1, episode 1 |
| Year | 2011 |
Saga Norén is the main character of Danish-Swedish Scandinoir television series The Bridge (Swedish: Bron, Danish: Broen).
Character creation
The character was initially not written as autistic, rather, the writers started from the idea of a female detective with absolutely no social skills as a counterpart to the more sociable male lead, Martin, as a way to subvert the traditional dreary male lead in detective series [1] Actress Sofia Helin read books by people with Apserger's to better understand Saga's thought processes.
Autism
Autism is not mentioned within the series itself, however actress Sofia Helin does remark that she considers Saga to have Asperger's [2][3]
Reception
Saga's character has been very well received by autistic people.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/entries/4188f661-b751-3ce5-a50c-c63974cb1b54
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sofia-helin-bridge-and-why-she-based-saga-noren-cross-between-dirty-harry-and-goat-a6727586.html
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2015/the-bridges-sofia-helin-playing-saga-is-like-a-vice-gripping-my-body/
- ↑ https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-bridge-sofia-helin-and-thure-lindhardt-interview/
External links
- The Bridge on Wikipedia
- The Bridge at IMDb