Kenneth Branagh took a break from the editing room for the “Thor” film he is directing to talk to reporters at the TV critics’ press tour about another couple of chapters of “Wallander,” the angst-filled detective coming to “Masterpiece Mystery” on PBS.
How did those two characters compare? “Both Scandinavian. Both have family problems.
“Frankly,” he added, “Kurt Wallander could occasionally do with a hammer and a cape. I don’t think that the Norwegian, if you like, or the Viking, has the same issues with introspection as Kurt Wallander.
“There’s something about coming from those northern lands, you know. It’s a big country, small population, the seasons and the weather are extreme, and the possibility for looking inward into the interior life is great. So I think one of us certainly has that.”
“Wallander” runs on “Masterpiece Mystery” Oct. 3, 10 and 17 on PBS.