Opeth Vocalist Mikael Akerfeldt Working On Netflix Scoring Serial, Clark

Vocalist Opeth Mikael Akerfeldt (Instagram @officialopeth)

JAKARTA - Opeth vocalist Mikael Akerfeldt will be working on scoring the latest Netflix series, Clark, directed by Jonas Akerlund. This six-episode drama series tells the story of Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson.

Olofsson will be played by Bill Skarsgard, who is known for his sinister and iconic role about Pennywise in the Stephen King It saga. Later this year, he starred in the Netflix film The Devil All The Time and in the Sundance film Nine Days for the Sony Pictures Classic.

On television, Skarsgard recently starred in Castle Rock, a psychological drama series from JJ Abrams and Stephen King that aired on Hulu.

Based on the truth and falsehood of Olofsson's autobiography, this Swedish series will feature Clark's early years to the present. The notorious gangster started his criminal career in the 1960s and became one of the most controversial figures in contemporary Swedish history.

Convicted of multiple counts of drug smuggling, attempted murder, assault, theft, and dozens of bank robberies, he has spent more than half of his life behind bars and leaves a trail of trauma, heartbreak, disappointment and destruction.

In the 1970s, Clark came up with the idea of The Stockholm Syndrome during a botched bank robbery in Stockholm. Since then, he has maintained his position as a celebrity villain who tricked all of Sweden into falling for him. As he wants.

"Clark is a story about the most politically wrong person, who lives a life that is politically wrong. It's the kind of story I've always been looking for. It's a very loud, witty, emotional, real and surreal biography to name Stockholm Syndrome, but it's not just about the Norrmalmstorg robbery, it's about his whole life and what made him him, the truths and lies of his extraordinary career, "director Akerlund said of his film. Launch of Blabbermouth, Wednesday, May 13.

"Bill Skarsgard is the perfect match for this film and he will bring Stockholm Syndrome into his role. And Netflix is the perfect platform, they are not only the biggest streaming service, they also have the courage to tell this incredible story," continued the director.

Skarsgard replied. Clark Olofsson, he says, is both good and bad one of Sweden's most colorful and charming individuals. He took up this challenge with the joy of mingling with terror and thinking that with the support of Jonas and Netflix, they could tell breakthrough stories with a speed and madness they might not have seen on TV before.

"Clark's life and history is so extraordinary and chaotic that it would even make Scorsese blush," said Skarsgard.

Meanwhile Tesha Crawford, director of International Originals Northern Europe at Netflix, said: "We really look forward to continuing our great collaboration with Jonas Akerlund and Bill Skarsgard. We couldn't imagine a better team to tell the complicated story of Clark Olofsson and how. he became one of the most controversial personalities of modern Sweden. "

So far, there has been no official comment from progressive death metal frontman Akerfeldt regarding his involvement in the production of the scoring series by the Scandinavian Content Group production company.