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Elise Wassermann, autistic?

posted 9 years ago by MongoLloyd
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Gotta be, right?

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[–] AngelRedhead 9 years ago

I have also wondered about Elise. I believe that she may have Aspergers Syndrome, google it & it's the same behaviour as Elise's character.

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[–] MongoLloyd 9 years ago

Yeah I was originally going to say Aspergers but the symptoms seemed too extreme. Seems like she's got a minor amount of autism since she can achieve quite a bit but is still robotic, socially inept, and obsessive.

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[–] Planetjanetterra 9 years ago

This is a remake/redo of The Bridge the Swedish thriller and Sofia Hellins character Saga on which Clemency Poesys character is based, has Aspergers x

[–] xbmelissab 9 years ago

I would say she has Asperger's.

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[–] Borg222 9 years ago

You've watched The Bridge, right? Similar syndrome....with lots of discussions.

[–] angelofvic 9 years ago

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In the original ("The Bridge"), the comparable character was autistic, but in the DVD extras for "The Tunnel", Clemence Poesy says that Elise is not (necessarily) autistic, but rather that she was traumatized when her twin died and so her natural reserve and unsociable behavior intensified.

There was no "twin" storyline in "The Bridge", this was created for "The Tunnel" to create a reason for Elise's behavior.
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[–] jjemod 9 years ago

Yes, very much the same as Sonya (Diane Kruger) in The Bridge