{"id":158190,"date":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/158190\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T23:12:07","slug":"renate-reinsve-on-sentimental-value-and-why-marvel-would-fire-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/158190\/","title":{"rendered":"Renate Reinsve on ‘Sentimental Value’ and Why Marvel Would ‘Fire’ Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRenate Reinsve<\/a> almost didn\u2019t make it to Los Angeles for our interview. <\/p>\n

\n\tThree years ago, while traveling for Oscar campaigning after her breakout role in \u201cThe Worst Person in the World,\u201d she accidentally canceled her ESTA visa application on the plane. \u201cI managed to cancel it somehow. I didn\u2019t notice that I did it,\u201d she recalls with characteristic self-deprecation. Five police officers interviewed her in a back room at customs, debating whether to send her home. It\u2019s the kind of absurd, almost-tragic mishap that seems to follow Reinsve \u2014 a woman who describes herself as an \u201cinvoluntary rebel\u201d who has been kindly asked to leave nearly every job she\u2019s ever had, that wasn\u2019t acting. They\u2019ve included the Girl Scouts and grocery store clerk.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut when it comes to acting, there\u2019s nothing accidental about Reinsve\u2019s work. In Joachim Trier\u2019s \u201cSentimental Value<\/a>,\u201d she delivers what may be her most devastating performance yet, playing a woman grappling with her complicated feelings about her late filmmaker father. The role was written specifically for her, building on the deep creative partnership she\u2019s developed with Trier since \u201cOslo, August 31st\u201d and solidifying their status as one of modern cinema\u2019s most compelling actor-director collaborations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201d I was very connected to the role,\u201d Reinsve explains during the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not like specifically the story, or like detailed \u2014it\u2019s not my story, but it is kind of. We share that perspective of how complex things are, and how subtle you can say something very dramatic about everyday life and what small moments contain of drama.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film\u2019s emotional centerpiece \u2014 a scene in which Reinsve\u2019s character finally breaks down in bed with her sister, played by Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas \u2014 required a delicate balance between preparation and spontaneity. \u201cYou can\u2019t really get to somewhere in rehearsal, because then you won\u2019t have the event occur when you\u2019re on set,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhat made it onto screen includes profound moments not in the script, born from instinct and trust. When her co-star climbed into bed and whispered \u201cI love you\u201d authentically from the character, Reinsve\u2019s character could only respond as honestly, with difficulty saying it back.<\/p>\n

\n\tGrowing up in Norway, surrounded by forests, Reinsve started Girl Scouts and was promptly asked to leave after two weeks. \u201cI was just trying to do everything a little bit differently, or I just didn\u2019t get why we had to do it that specific way. Why can\u2019t a birdhouse have five windows?\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Scout leaders suggested she try theater instead, inadvertently launching a career. That connection to nature remains central to who she is. During the overwhelming whirlwind of her first Oscar campaign, she found solace by taking her tent into the forest. \u201cIf I just take my tent, go into the forest, I\u2019ll just wind down,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen you\u2019re on the [Oscar predictions] lists, there are these forces pulling you towards \u2014 should I really work for it? What do I do now? Do I have to change now? You just have to go back to the forest and be like, wait, this is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat authenticity \u2014 that refusal to perform as anything other than herself \u2014 is precisely what makes Reinsve so compelling on screen and off. She admits she\u2019s \u201cnot very good at networking,\u201d preferring to build relationships slowly with collaborators she trusts. <\/p>\n

\n\tAs awards season conversation builds around \u201cSentimental Value,\u201d Reinsve remains grounded in gratitude rather than expectation. \u201cJust being on those lists and someone thinking that your performance is something so important to them \u2014 it is enough for me, because it\u2019s so insane,\u201d she says. \u201cWhatever happens from now, I am very, very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s a refreshing perspective in an industry often consumed by ambition and calculation. On this episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Reinsve discusses the movies that influenced her, her ambitions as an actor and possible director, and her connection to Mother Earth. <\/p>\n

\n\tListen below!<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRenate Reinsve, Jonas Jacobsen, \u201cSentimental Value.\u201d (Neon \/ Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tRead excerpts from her interview below, which has been edited and condensed for clarity.<\/p>\n

\t\tHow did you end up with the acting bug?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tI just remembered from another interview today that I grew up \u2014 it was a house, a road with some houses. Very few people lived there, and it was surrounded by the forest. So we were in the forest. Since I went to school in the forest, I naturally joined the Girl Scouts. And then I was asked to leave two weeks after. I was just trying to do everything a little bit differently, or I just didn\u2019t get why we had to do it that specific way. Why can\u2019t a birdhouse have five windows?<\/p>\n

\n\tThey came to me one day and said, \u201cYou should do something else.\u201d They kindly asked me to leave, but they suggested that I start in the theater. And then I got a really good teacher when I was young because he lived in a town next to where I lived, and he just put so much joy into that for me. That joy has just been driving me, and I\u2019ve tried to have other jobs, but I have been asked to leave all of them. All of them. It\u2019s very sad.<\/p>\n

\t\tWhat was the last job you got fired from?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWell, I think I moved to Oslo to try to get into theater school, and then I worked in a grocery store, and they asked me to leave there, too. I was organizing the stuff on the shelves, and also working as a cashier. They were like, \u201cDon\u2019t do it like that. They have to be in that order.\u201d And then I don\u2019t have a lot of talent for structure.<\/p>\n

\t\tSo you\u2019re a rebel?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tInvoluntary rebel. I\u2019ve always tried to be a good girl, but then that stuff just keeps happening.<\/p>\n

\t\tWhat were some of the early movies that deeply touched you?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tI think the first one that really got to me was David Lynch\u2019s \u201cMulholland Drive.\u201d It was just so mysterious, and it hit me in places I didn\u2019t know that I had. I think I watched it also too early, but I read about it onlin,e and I saw some people had gone crazy trying to understand it, and then I was even more intrigued \u2014 like the power that is in a movie. And then I went down that path of seeing dark, strange movies, and I was so into that kind of perspective for a long time.<\/p>\n

\t\tIn \u201cSentimental Value,\u201d you deliver such a deeply emotional performance. The film explores feelings about a complicated father. Did you find any personal connection to the character?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tActually, after \u201cThe Worst Person in the World,\u201d Joachim and I started talking about different themes and other character traits we wanted to explore. He\u2019d gotten to know me a lot better, both as an actor and as a person. So he wrote that role for me, and I was very connected to it. \u201cThe Worst Person\u201d was also written for me because we got to know each other a little through \u201cOslo, August 31st,\u201d but very little. We saw each other here and there, and then he wrote that based on what he saw and the little he knew about me. But then this was an even deeper dive into something we had already discussed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sister relationship in \u201cSentimental Value\u201d is so great because they\u2019re not having an ongoing fight or a big conflict. They see their own lacks through each other. I really love the subtlety of Joachim\u2019s movies and the way we really explore those details together with the actors when we get on set, but also from the stage, where you read the script all the way through.<\/p>\n

\t\tThat final scene in bed with your sister is devastating. How much did you rehearse that, and how many takes did it take to nail it?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThat was the question\u2014rehearsing it. Because you can\u2019t really get to somewhere in rehearsal, because then you won\u2019t have the event occur when you\u2019re on set. So we did talk about it, and we actually did it in the audition with Inga, who plays Agnes, but we never got to a place where we kind of landed it.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen we were on set, everyone was nervous because we knew it was a pivotal scene in the movie and that we needed it to convey a lot of complexity and nuance. It is very sentimental and emotional, and you really need to feel the balance of how far you can go and how much you hold back in those situations. You need to leave space for the audience, too, so they can feel what they\u2019re feeling and have their story in there with the movie. <\/p>\n

\n\tEverything that happened that day is in the script, but it also includes some very profound moments that aren\u2019t. Joachim is a director \u2014 he sits by the camera. He\u2019s never behind the monitor, especially not in those big emotional scenes. Inga had this instinct, but she was so scared of ruining the scene that she wanted to climb into bed, but she didn\u2019t. Joachim could feel that she had that instinct, and he said, \u201cDo it,\u201d whispering. Then she climbed up, and she said \u2014 and Joachim could never write this \u2014 \u201cI love you.\u201d She says it from her authenticity in the scene and from the character. Then, in the moment, my character answers like she can, which is very hard to say back. That became the moment. We probably did it more times, but I think we all knew that was the moment it came together.<\/p>\n

\t\tYou and Joachim Trier have developed this incredible partnership. Do you feel that same kinship when he calls you and says, \u201cI have a role for you?\u201d\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWell, I didn\u2019t know how, because it\u2019s hard to explain that collaboration, because it\u2019s very intimate in a way when you find someone that you can express something through both of you together. You have the same taste. You understand something about the other person and what they want to express, and you know how to do it because you\u2019re kind of the same.<\/p>\n

\t\tDo you have a directing bug? Do you feel like you\u2019ll be directing one day?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tI have a lot of curiosity about it. But also editing and the camera. I like all of it. I do. I did direct some things in the theater when I was a teenager, and then I kept getting really good roles. So I haven\u2019t gotten to it. And now I haven\u2019t had any time since I did it back then, and it was a very teenager-like way of doing it.<\/p>\n

\t\tYou might get an Academy Award nomination. What could something like that mean to you?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s so far away from the forest in Norway. It\u2019s so shocking to me to be on those lists, and then I\u2019m trying to stay calm and keep my cool because it\u2019s so insane. I\u2019m so grateful now \u2014 being on those lists and someone thinking that your performance is something being so important to them \u2014 it is enough for me because it\u2019s so insane. So whatever happens from now on, I am very happy.<\/p>\n

\t\tAre you getting mainstream offers these days? Has Marvel called?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tI, of course, respect it a lot, and I really enjoy it for what it is. But I just don\u2019t think I could do it really well. I admire it. I would be fired. I think I\u2019m so interested in these kinds of stories and personal movies \u2014 personal stories in movies and directors that have a vision that everyone follows. You can either work with it or against it \u2014 not against it, but there\u2019s a dynamic where you can have your autonomy in that structure.<\/p>\n

\n\tI really love that way of working, and to go into a character in the way that I\u2019ve been able to the last few years has been. I want to keep doing that. I just worked with Sebastian [Stan] again in Christian Mungiu\u2019s next movie. Working with the same people, to have that trust and to go even deeper into collaborating and really building relationships \u2014 I\u2019m not very good at networking and stuff, so building relationships slowly.<\/p>\n

\t\tWhat\u2019s next for you?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next thing I\u2019m doing is Alexander Payne. He\u2019s a really good person. So maybe he has the answers to what we can do to fix everything.<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety\u2019s \u201cAwards Circuit\u201d podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television. Each episode, \u201cAwards Circuit\u201d features interviews with top film and TV talent and creatives, discussions and debates about awards races and industry headlines, and much more. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you download podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renate Reinsve almost didn\u2019t make it to Los Angeles for our interview. Three years ago, while traveling for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[89553,146,85,46,3220,38653,39750],"class_list":["post-158190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards-circuit-podcast","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-oscars","tag-renate-reinsve","tag-sentimental-value"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}