TRANSLATED INTERVIEW

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“Skam” star Tarjei Sandvik Moe (18) has just filmed steamy hot movie scenes with 26 years older Andrea Bræin Hovig (44). Privately he is still free and sincere. The 18-year-old sits on a bench at the top of Havnabakken at Korsvoll, with a beautiful view a Oslo bathing in sun and the islands outside the capital. Here, among newly painted houses and lawned gardens, the “Skam” star has grown up. Though, “Skam” star is a title Sandvik Moe wishes to leave behind. These days he plays in the erotic thriller “En affære” with Andrea Bræin Hovig (44) as opponent, while in the new year he can be seen at Chateau Neuf as the silly “thunderbird” Doody in “Grease”. Did we mention that he should also attend the third year of high school and that he should be the head of the school revue? “Mom says I have to watch out before I hit the wall. I’m not worried about that, says Sandvik Moe to Dagbladet. The 10 percent absence limit is a significantly greater headache for him. - If I’m too much away from school, I will fail. It’s getting very challenging, admits the 18-year-old. In "En affære” Sandvik Moe has the role of 16-year-old Markus, who is in a relationship with his teacher Anita, played by Andrea Bræin Hovig. He explains that the collaboration with the 26 years older actress goes really good and is full of praise for the colleague. The erotic thriller is not avoid of intimate scenes, but according to Sandvik Moe it has been unproblematic to film these. “I think Andrea is very attractive, just like Henrik (Holm, played the boyfriend in” Skam") is a very good looking man. It’s easy to find a motivation”, said the actor, who at the same time reveals that he was afraid that it would be awkward on set. Focus on appearance The breakthrough as Isak in the NRK success “Skam” has turned his life upside down. From being an anonymous long-haired football boy just a few years ago, Sandvik Moe has with “Skam” been subject to worship and homage but also stalking and opinions about his appearance. - I’m not on social media myself, but sometimes I’m alerted to posts and comments from my friends. At Instagram there are people who write things like “OMG, he’s so ugly with his hair now.” A post with a picture of my lips and the text “If you have lips like these, your love life is dead” got 45,000 likes. It’s a sick focus on looks among hardcore fans. I’m definitely not affected by it myself, but hope it does not spreads to other young boys, “says Sandvik Moe. In addition to his appearance, fans also care about Sandvik Moe’s private life. But contrary to what the reputation of social media indicates, the actor is single. "If everyone thinks you have a girlfriend, it’s a very bad starting point to get a girlfriend,” said the 18-year-old and laughed. Should he have had a girlfriend, he thinks it would be an advantage if she was also famous. “If I had a girlfriend, I would wish she was also known. Then we would have a common understanding of how absurd that life is, "he says openly. Actor grandfather The speculation about his private life could he have managed without. However, if he had the choice between being known or not known, he had chosen the former. - People are nicer to you. It’s very strange. At the same time there may be falsity in it. Ideally, Sandvik Moe wanted that "actor” and “celebrity” were two separate units. But he understands that being a familiar face is a side effect if one makes success in the profession he has chosen. For Sandvik Moe is not in doubt: it’s an actor he’s supposed to be. The grandfather, Torgils Moe, was also an actor, and was to be seen in films such as “«Norske byggeklosser» (1972), «Olsenbandens siste bedrifter» (1975) and «Søsken på Guds jord» (1983). Torgils Moe died in June 2015, a few months before the first "Skam” episode was published. “It’s nice to think that he lived as an artist in different ways and managed it,” says Sandvik Moe about the grandfather who, in addition to acting, used to be singer and pianist. Gay debate Sandvik Moe and his “Skam” opponent Henrik Holm (21) have been praised worldwide for portraying a young, gay couple. Holm’s manager Lene Seested created debate when she stated that Holm was not going to do more gay roles in the near future. Several, including VG’s Morten Hegseth, believed that Seested with her statement helped undermine the normalization of homosexuality that Holm was part of with “Skam”, and also supported the perception that gay is a specific “type”. Tarjei Sandvik Moe says to Dagbladet that he would like to play gay again. “If the role is a 17-year-old coming out of the closet, it may be a bit too similar to "Skam”. But otherwise, I think it’s irrelevant. I do not look at gay as a characteristic, he says, adding that he experiences the Seested debate as a major misunderstanding. “I hope Henrik does roles that are new and challenging to him. Footprint As a recently turned 18-year-old, Sandvik Moe gets to take part in a privilege for the very first time this year. No, we are not talking about Russia, but the imminent parliamentary elections. "I have had a slightly naive attitude, and I thought I would not vote. But then I was part of a theater that was about taking responsibility for the world and changing attitude. It is very important to vote, "says Sandvik Moe. - It will be fun. I think I know what to vote, he continues, without going into his political conviction. While his "Skam” opponent Ulrikke Falch uses her celebrity status to focus on the topics she considers important, Sandvik Moe is absent in social media. “I think it’s very nice what Ulrikke does. For my part, I want the things that I’m part of to speak for themselves, he says, adding: "I hope to put my footprints on the world with theater, movies and television, and I want to continue to do projects that both entertain and gets the world somewhere. Photo caption: Lives with his parents. Despite being one of the hottest Norwegian actors in recent years, Tarjei Sandvik Moe is still living with Mom and Dad at Korsvoll in Oslo. Here he will live for the next year as well, while he is saving money for his own apartment.