Glad I took big risks as they paid off: Joel
13 Feb 2018 8:19 PM IST
New Delhi: Joel Kinnaman found a new direction in his life when he stumbled upon his passion for acting. The Swedish-American actor, who keeps raising his goals, credits his willingness to "risk failures" for his success.
It was a whirlwind rise to fame for Kinnaman with his Swedish film Easy Money, after which he made a mark in Hollywood with projects like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Killing.
He further strengthened his position in the West with a reboot of RoboCop in 2014. At present, he is seen in sci-fi series Alter Carbon, which went live on Netflix earlier this month. "I would have never (imagined this)," Kinnaman told of his success story. "When I started acting, I was just so happy to find something I was passionate about. I found a direction.
"And my goals as an actor were – I wanted to get into a theatre school, be an actor and work in the theatre and if I could get a part on a TV show or film, that would be amazing," Kinnaman said during a candid chat over phone from Los Angeles.
He took a brief pause to assess his career moves, and then spoke about them with the same passion and zeal with which he has advanced in his showbiz career. "With each achievement, you get to a different level and form a new perspective. You keep raising your goals. In a way, I am really glad that I had the courage at certain points of my life to aim high and to take big risks because that is what got me here.
"I was willing to risk failure many times and took big risks, and that is what paid off. I did fail several times, but I continued to move forward." His RoboCop was a hit, but fared low among critics. He has earned critical acclaim for his performance in The Killing, House of Cards and Suicide Squad.
The actor said it's important for him to find something new to do with every project. "It becomes increasingly important to try to do things that I have never done before."
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