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Alex Wolff (The Line, Hereditary, A Quiet Place: Day One) has been cast as legendary singer Leonard Cohen in So Long, Marianne, the NRK drama series we first revealed last year.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Alex Wolff will play Leonard Cohen in a new series about the Canadian icon and his muse Marianne Ihlen. Thea Sofie Loch Næss (“The Last Kingdom,” “Delete Me”) will portray Ihlen in the show, which is called “So Long, Marianne” — the title of one of Cohen’s songs about his partner. Other cast members include Anna Torv (“The Newsreader,” “The Last of Us”) as Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor (“Preacher,” “Peaky Blinders”) as George Johnston. The show is a co-production between Norwegian broadcaster NRK and Canada’s Crave, the streaming service owned by Bell Media. Cineflix Rights is distributing the series globally.

George Johnston was replaced at half-time of Bolton Wanderers' loss to Forest Green Rovers for tactical reasons and not for any injury, Ian Evatt confirmed.

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Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made one change to his team from the one which beat Charlton Athletic last time out.

Ian Evatt believes the challenge MK Dons pose to Bolton Wanderers is similar to the test his side faced aagainst Charlton Athletic as he plans his team selection.

Bolton Wanderers got back on track in League One following back to back defeats in the division with a home victory where they came from behind against Charlton Athletic.

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Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made six changes to his side to take on Charlton Athletic this afternoon.

Bolton Wanderers could hand a debut to summer signing Owen Beck tomorrow against Charlton Athletic.

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Former QPR striker Jamie Mackie believes Bolton Wanderers skipper Ricardo Santos' second yellow card against Port Vale was a 'touch harsh' but felt he could have allowed Ellis Harrison to go and let others deal with him.

George Johnston will embrace the challenge brought by the increased competition from Jack Iredale joining Bolton Wanderers this summer and believes a strong squad is what the players want.

Bolton Wanderers started off their pre-season schedule in style by beating Longridge Town 9-0.

George Johnston feels Bolton Wanderers proved during the recently concluded season that they can compete with the top teams in League One even with injuries or not at their best and feels it is an exciting prospect.

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Ian Evatt believes the players Bolton Wanderers have out of action but can still put out competitive sides is a measure of how far his squad has come since the start of January.

Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made two changes to his team to take on Cheltenham Town from the Easter Monday win over Accrington Stanley.

Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made four changes to his side to take on Accrington Stanley from the win over Doncaster Rovers.

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Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made three changes from the side which drew to Portsmouth for today's game against Sheffield Wednesday.

Ian Evatt admits that Bolton Wanderers will have to tweak how they play against Sheffield Wednesday and for the rest of the season as long as they are without influential captain Ricardo Almeida Santos.

Amadou Bakayoko brought an energy to Bolton Wanderers as he came off the bench to grab an important goal for his team in the win over Crewe Alexandra, according to Ian Evatt.

Bolton Wanderers have left themselves too much to do in their hopes of reaching the play-offs this season despite their late winner against Crewe Alexandra.

Bolton Wanderers scored a dramatic late winner as they secured a valuable three points on the road thanks to Amadou Bakayoko's late effort.

Ian Evatt admitted that Morecambe got under the skin of Bolton Wanderers towards the end of the first half of their draw last night as he felt his side became too emotional after conceding.

Bolton Wanderers came from behind to claim a dramatic late point at home to Morecambe.

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Bolton Wanderers have been boosted by the impending return to the team of captain Ricardo Almeida Santos.

Bolton Wanderers believe Declan John's back spasm which forced him off against Lincoln City will settle down quickly for this weekend's trip to MK Dons while Kieran Lee's operation on a heel spur problem was successful.

Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers picking up second balls after the break was key to their victory over Lincoln City and led to their goals in the encounter as he set a target to try and win against MK Dons on Saturday in their surge to reach the League One play-offs.

Bolton Wanderers made it six wins in succession at home with a 3-1 victory over Lincoln City to keep up their charge towards the League One play-offs.

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George Johnston feels that Bolton Wanderers now have something to play for in their season as they aim to try and reach the play-offs as he does not want their campaign to fizzle out.

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