Daan Schuurmans about The Partnership – Televizier.nl

By: Ernest Marx

There threatened a uitzendverbod on The firm. Did you find that exciting?

"I did not expect that it is really far would come. Through a short case tried to the family Moszkowicz broadcast of the series to hold; the decision fell in our favor. As a man I can understand that the family are uncomfortable that there is a tv series about them is made. I understand their objection. But there is such a thing as poetic freedom; this series is about much more than the family Moszkowicz. In fact, this is a classic royal drama. It would be a pity if judges us prohibit in this way, beautiful tv?"

Where is the story about?

"About the Limburg Meyer family. At the head the genius strafpleiter and Auschwitz survivor, Mathias Meyer. He is masterfully played by Pierre Bokma and is inspired by the old Max Moszkowicz. He has four sons who is a lawyer, but all in one way or another in the problems. I play Theo, the black sheep. Mathias is mainly concerned with his other sons, making Theo feel that he is too little love of his father. Theo is a genius; he is the youngest Dutch strafpleiter ever, just as Robert Moszkowicz that ever was. Thus, he aims actually his father passed. At a certain moment meet Theo the wrong girl, is tangent to the heroin addict, and slumped down in a swamp of misery. Eventually revancheert he is compared to his father. Understand the extremes and the father-son aspect makes this role be of interest to me. The series covers forty years. I play Theo as a boy of eighteen, but also as sixties. There are a lot of hours in the make-up would have been required."

How do you use an existing figure to play? You had all of experience as prince Bernhard of the netherlands

"It’s nice that you can see someone; there are interviews and footage. Disadvantage is that you must focus on those outside. It should never be an imitation be, while you still search for matches, for example in terms of speech. But eventually I had to especially bezigzijn with the touch of the soul of Robert Moszkowicz. Although, now I have to be careful what I say: I play, of course, not literally Robert. Hence also that all the names are different. Funny enough is that
not for the character of my wife Bracha van Doesburgh. She is playing in The firm is the sweetheart of Benjamin Meyer, inspired by Bram Moszkowicz. It is just called Eve…"