I read it, fell in love with it and started adapting it together with Joe Derrick. "Peter Flinth sent me the book Two Against The Ice by Ejnar Mikkelsen. It combines a lot of themes that excite me: adventure, Greenland, companionship, loyalty and love," says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. " Against The Ice has been a passion project for me from the very beginning. Filming took place in Iceland and Denmark with award-winning Danish director Peter Flinth taking the helm as director. 'Against The Ice' - what else we knowĪgainst The Ice one-off English language film has been described as "a true story of friendship, love and the awe-inspiring power of companionship." It was adapted into a screenplay by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Derrick from the original Danish novel Two Against The Iceby Ejnar Mikkelsen. Also look out for Sam Redford, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Frankie Wilson and Nick Jameson. Icelandic actor Heida Reed, who was Elizabeth Warleggan in BBC drama Poldark, is also among the cast playing Naja, as well as Ed Speelers ( Downton Abbey, Outlander, Wolf Hall) who plays Bessel. Charles of course starred alongside Nikolaj when he played Jaime Lannister's father Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones.
Joining Joe Cole and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Against The Ice is Charles Dance playing Neergard. (Image credit: ITV) 'Against The Ice' cast - who else is starring 'Against The Ice' star Joe Cole as Harry Palmer in ITV's 'The Ipcress File' arriving in 2022. "It’s also a story of living under extreme pressure and circumstances, of constant struggle for survival, fighting off threats of extreme cold, lack of food, hungry polar bears and not least the frailty of the human mind." " Against The Ice is an intense exploration of two men, two opposites, trapped in an epic dangerous setting,’ says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. As the days grow longer, their mental hold on reality starts to fade, breeding mistrust and paranoia, can they fight to stay alive? Battling extreme hunger, fatigue and a polar bear attack, they finally arrive to find their ship crushed in the ice and the camp abandoned. Leaving his ship behind, Mikkelsen treks across the ice with his young, inexperienced crew member Iver Iversen (Joe Cole).īut although they find proof that Greenland is a single island, returning to the ship is much harder than expected. The crew want to disprove the United States’ argument that Greenland is two different islands and stop their claim to North Eastern Greenland. Set in 1909, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau plays Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, who’s heading up Denmark’s Alabama Expedition.