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Rita Behm and Pyry Kähkönen play the main roles in the movie Let me love more. Karoliina Simoinen

Actor Pyry Kähkönen has been filming a new movie for the past few weeks Let me love more -film based on the author Juha Itkonen to the novel of the same name.

The filming weeks have been busy and hectic, but Kähkönen says that the weeks went smoothly because of the good mood.

– We have such a good team that even if we do it fast, it’s nice, says Kähkönen.

Let me love more is a music-themed film where Kähkönen also gets to show off his singing skills.

– Before acting, music was my thing. It was easier to perform with music and singing. I first started performing and then I ended up being an actor. In that sense, this is a fun comeback.

Kähkönen’s co-star is singer Rita Behm. In the film, Behm’s character falls in love with Kähkönen’s character, so the two act very closely together.

The film role is Behm’s maiden voyage into acting. Kähkönen describes that acting with Behm has been very great and wonderful. However, the professional does not want to judge how the first-timer has done on the set.

– We don’t think about it when we do it together. We’re in a good mood and it’s really nice. Everything has turned out really nicely, says Kähkönen.

International career

Kähkönen is one of those Finnish actors who has managed to get himself an international role. He plays Netflix Vikings: Valhalla – series, a character named Harefoot.

Kähkönen, who has seen the international world, reveals that what is done in larger circles is largely the same as in Finland.

– They have much more money, but I think the work is the same. Similar wonderful guys and exactly the same job.

Kähkönen is known Vikings: Valhalla series as well as television series Karkur and Pasila poison – Manni. Kähkönen’s voice has become known Did you love, Vesku? -audio drama, in which he played Vesa-Matti Loir.

Lady Gaga stars in Joker: Folie á Deux. AOP

Novelty movie Joker: Folie a Deux published on October 4. The film is a sequel to the mega-popular Jokerfor the movie. The sequel was expected also because the world-famous singer Lady Gaga stars in the film.

Joker: Folie a Deux however, hasn’t quite convinced viewers or critics, it’s received a lot of bad reviews. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the bad reviews also negatively affected ticket sales.

Forbes magazine writes that the film has received only 33 percent good reviews from viewers on the Rotten Tomatoes review site since its release date.

Published in 2019 Joker -film, on the other hand, received 89 percent good reviews from viewers. Joker was also a hit with critics and the lead actor Joaquin Phoenix earned the best actor Oscar for the film.

Criticism from the media

The film has also received harsh criticism from various media in the United States. Forbes has compiled critics’ reviews for its article.

– Joker: Folie à Deux is a traumatic cinematic experience. It’s so drab and static that you wonder if director Todd Phillips’ goal was to set the whole comic book idea on fire, wrote a critic for the San Francisco Chronicle.

– Joker: Folie á Deux is such an indifferent and depressing musical that it seems to hate its characters and itself, the critic of Newsday characterized the film.

“For nearly two and a half hours, director Todd Phillip’s pathologically unnecessary film circles around so many possible reasons for its existence… But never quite finds a satisfying enough one,” said a New York Post critic.