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Working: The Queen of the Amazons on Transforming Into an Iconic Danish Novelist

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41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

For this week’s episode of Working, host June Thomas interviews Danish actor Connie Nielsen on her latest role as the famed author Karen Blixen. Nielsen has an expansive career starring in such films as Gladiator, Wonder Woman, and Brothers, but this latest role in The Dreamer returns her to her Danish roots. Later in the episode co-host Karen Han joins for a discussion about making sacrifices for art and finding time for books in a busy world. Do you have a question about creative work? Leave a message at (304) 933-9675 or email us at [email protected]. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. Make an impact this Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to fund APIA Scholars. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:34.0

I said, well, what about that one and that one?

0:36.0

And so all of these paintings were by this famous Danish writer.

0:42.0

And she said, you know, she was supremely gifted in so many different things

0:47.0

and so few people really know how multi-talented and multifaceted she really is.

0:57.0

Welcome back to Working. I'm your host, Karen Han.

1:02.0

And I'm your other host, June Thomas.

1:05.0

Hello, June. How are you?

1:07.0

Karen, I am swell. Thank you for asking.

1:10.0

Of course. And so, whose voice did we just hear at the top of the show?

1:14.0

So that was Connie Nielsen, the Danish actress who listeners may know

1:18.0

from such movies as Gladiator, Wonder Woman, or Brothers.

1:23.0

So my excuse for talking to the Queen of the Amazons was that she is starring in the Dreamer,

1:29.0

which is a new six-part biopic of the Danish writer, Karen Blixon,

1:33.0

whose pen name was Isaac Denison, who is also the person that Meryl Streep played in Out of Africa.

1:40.0

That's so cool. I cannot wait to hear about the process, especially because I actually

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