With a secret family in Italy, including a grandfather murdered by the mafia, the personal life of Michael Nyqvist was every bit as intriguing as the dark Swedish thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), the film that made him internationally famous.
His world was turned upside down when he was five or six years old and his parents told him he was adopted, but that it was a “family secret” and he must not tell anyone. Suddenly he felt a deep sense of confusion and loneliness. “Bearing that secret made me mentally isolated. All the time I was afraid to say something wrong,” he said.
“It felt like I was walking around with a bomb belt that could explode at any time. In