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Stig Salming’s only hope for the TV series about
Börje is the best thing we’ve heard: “He wasn’t just…”
The TV series about Börje Salming premieres.
Stig Salming has one hope for the series.
– Börje was not only a hockey player, but he was a nice person, says Stig to P4 Gävleborg.
Now the TV series has about Börje Salming – “Börje – The Journey of a Legend” – world premiere. In the main roles can be found Walter Skarsgård as Börje and Hedda Stiernstedt as Börje’s first wife Margitta Salming.
Praise the series
The series is about, among other things, Börje’s path to the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL, and life at the top of the world in hockey. Some other actors seen in the series are Jason Priestley which portrays Gerry McNamara and Jack Langedijk who plays “Smokey”.
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Big Brother Stig Salming played by Oskar Skagerberg. Stig was at the gala premiere in Stockholm earlier this week, where they got to see the first two episodes of the six-episode series.
– Börje was a nice person. I think the series gives a decent picture of reality, says Stig Salming about the series to P4 Gävleborg.
The words about Börje
Börje himself will sadly never get to see the series, as he passed away last November from the effects of ALS. But Stig is of the opinion that Börje would have appreciated it.
– I actually think that Börje could say that there are a lot of similarities and that it really was as it is presented in the series. I know that Börje had to take a lot of beatings and has probably also tried to give back, so that there has been some respect from the whole thing, says Stig to the radio channel.
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Stig hopes that the viewers will see what Börje was like as a person in the series.
– And that you get to take part in it in a good way. Börje was not only a hockey player, but he was a nice person. Very caring towards everyone who was around him. Feet on the ground all the way, right up to the last step, I kept saying, says Stig Salming.
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