It's almost done, just one night and it's Christmas Eve. But that also means that the calendar is coming to an end for us. That's why we're delving into the world of films today in the 23rd door and I have two beauties that we know from the Hornblower movies - HMS Retribution and HMS Hotspur
HMS Hotspur and behind HMS Restribution
Here is more about the two and who is actually behind them:
The Earl of Pembroke was built in 1945 in Pukavik, Sweden, under the name Orion and was used for timber transport in the Baltic Sea until 1974, when she was laid up in Thisted, Denmark. She was transferred to the United Kingdom in 1980, where her complete restoration began in 1985. As part of the restoration, the ship was converted from a schooner to a barque (to resemble the famous HMS Endeavour, on which Captain Cook discovered Australia) and renamed Earl of Pembroke. From then on she served in various films in different rigs, but is best known as HMS Hotspur. Unfortunately, she had no further use in recent years and was completely scrapped in 2022.
The smaller Restribution is actually the Phoenix of Dell Quay, a brigantine. She was built by Hjorne & Jakobsen at Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1929, originally as an Evangelical Mission Schooner. Twenty years later she retired from missionary work and carried cargo until her engine room was damaged by fire. In 1974 she was bought by new owners who converted her into a brigantine before being purchased by Square Sail in 1988. A first aid over-haul enabled her to sail back to the UK where she underwent a complete refit. During 1991 she was converted to the 15th century Caravel Santa Maria for Ridley Scott's film 1492: Conquest of Paradise. She has also worked in: In the Heart of the Sea, Poldark, Taboo, Hornblower and Frontier. At the moment she is for sale.
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I started watching "Unit One" solely because of Mads Mikkelsen. I was on a mission to watch everything he ever acted/ appeared on. (I still am).
However, I'm extremely picky about serieses. Then again, HEU led me to places that I wouldn't have visited with a gun so I was like fuck it, let's start watching a wholeass series cause MADS MIKKELSEN LOOKED HOT AF IN IT.
Now oh boy... Little did I know that I'd end up enjoying Unit One SO much! It's an amazing show and now ik why it's called a Danish classic! All the actors in it did an AMAZING job and goddamn European men are HOT.
I've developed a massive crush on Lars Brygmann
I've known him from "Riders of justice" but I wasn't prepared for THIS ^
I'm so grateful that I decided to watch Mads Mikkelsen's Danish stuff. It has been such a crazy ride. I've only 7 eps left of this show and I'm definitely gonna miss Allan, La Cour , Ingrid and Gabby :")
Now about Mads, (Can't help it)
I've always loved exploring media that are not "Hollywood". Being born in South Asia, I grew up with Bollywood and Anime so I always knew that there are AMAZING stuff out there that are being made all over the world. I just didn't have any source which I could follow when it came to native European media. Then Hannibal happened along with MADS MIKKELSEN. Mads always carries a piece of his root everywhere he goes and that is what makes him SO EXTREMELY charming to me. I love his accent, his non Hollywood teeth, his god like body structure and how fucking original this man is. Getting to explore his Danish films and Serieses made me fall for this man even harder than before. He's one of a kind.
Bonus: LARS MIKKELSEN. I need to thank the Mikkelsen parents atp 🙏. I'm a slut for these brothers.
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