He absolutely nailed his assignment and got me intrigued all over again. For the brief time, the story does play out in Copenhagen, I have to highlight Ebriama Jaiteh who plays the drug dealer, Danny, tasked with training Miu. He plays a lawyer who does actually work for the criminals operating in Copenhagen. Chiang (Jason Hendil-Forssell) by feeding the corpses of his enemies to her pigs. And yes, good ol’ Zlatko Buric, who has been a staple in many Nicolas Winding Refn movies, is also in Copenhagen Cowboy as Miroslav. Then on to the Chinese woman, Mother Hulda (Li li Zhang), who works for the gangster Mr. One of the girls forced to work there is Cimona who is portrayed wonderfully by Valentina Dejanovic. From the Serbian woman, Rosella Dragana Milutinovic, who helps her brother run a brothel. Again, this is mostly true in the beginning. The cast is generally very strong and the characters are well-written. The only thing that really kept me intrigued was the way Miu interacted with the other characters we come across. However, having a title like “Faaborg Fighter” doesn’t have the same international appeal. However, describing the plot as “she traverses the ominous landscape of Copenhagen’s criminal netherworld” is far from being accurate.Īnd it really doesn’t matter, since the story is much more interesting (for me anyway) during those first three episodes when she’s far from the big city. At the very least, in the countryside.īy episode 4 of Copenhagen Cowboy, the main character Miu (portrayed in a strong manner by Angela Bundalovic, who many may recognize from the Netflix series The Rain) does actually go to Copenhagen. In fact, it begins in a part of Denmark that could almost be described as rural. I have spent a lot of time all over Copenhagen, and this Netflix series doesn’t really take place there. Being Danish, I undoubtedly watch Copenhagen Cowboy differently than international viewers, who have never been to Denmark.
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