ForNoomi Rapace,Joel Kinnaman, andChris Messina,The Secrets We Keepbecame more than just another movie.
The post-WWII revenge thriller seeped into their lives in ways that Rapace says they just couldn’t shake.
She kidnaps him and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
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“She just stayed with me.
I couldn’t forget about her, I couldn’t put her away.
She took a grip on my soul.”
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Throughout the film, Maja struggles with the morality of what is right and what is wrong.
“Can you hurt someone who hurt you?
Does revenge work?”
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But as filming commenced, Rapace was shocked at how much the story affected her and her two costars.
“We were emotional train wrecks to be honest,” she admits with a laugh.
“[Kinnaman and I] had to launch the door in ourselves to really unpleasant emotions.
I’m holding him hostage in my basement.
I’m putting him through a lot of extreme things.
We went to those emotional places, and they become real so it was hard for us.”
She laughs again before adding: “It was painfully joyful.”
