Magnus Martens\u2019 producer may not have like his crime comedy very much, but he did like something Jo Nesb\u00f8 wrote and so the core concept for Jackpot<\/I> landed in Martens\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n
The action comedy focuses on an innocent factory owner named Oscar (Kyrre Hellum). When Oscar\u2019s employees, all ex-cons, aren\u2019t churning out little fake Christmas trees, they\u2019re up to no good. Well, at least Thor, Dan and Billy (Mads Ousdal, Andreas Cappelen and Arthur Berning) are. The trio convinces Oscar to join in on their can\u2019t-lose soccer bet, but when guys actually win, rather than split the cash and enjoy their riches, people start dying.<\/p>\n
In honor of Jackpot<\/I>\u2019s international debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, Martens was in town and took the time to talk about bringing Nesb\u00f8\u2019s story to life his way, his choice to cast while writing the script, balancing the bloodshed and humor and more. Hear it all straight from Martens himself in the video interview below.<\/p>\n