Baggage of immortality haunts Fox's 'New Amsterdam'

Baggage of immortality haunts Fox's 'New Amsterdam'
By Mike Huges
Gannett News Service
Feb. 20, 2008 03:20 PM

TV characters seem to lug lots of personal baggage.

Still, few match John Amsterdam of Fox's "New Amsterdam" series. He has four centuries of baggage.

"It's a complicated life he has," says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays him.

Long and complicated. Back in 1642, he was given a spell that includes near-eternal life. As the series starts (Tuesday, March 4), he's great at being a police detective, not at being a happy person.

"He has these rich life experiences," Coster-Waldau says. "(But) he's not very good at being with other people."

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