The Swedish comedy series directed by Felix Herngren from Fredrik Backman’s best-selling novel, just started filming.

Adapted for the screen by Quicksand head-writer Camilla Åhlgren and writer Alex Haridi, Anxious People centres on a hostage during an open house.

A failed bank robber locks himself in with an over-enthusiastic real estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a damn rabbit. In the end the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is empty. Asked to testify, the witnesses all tell their version of what happened, whereupon a classic puzzle mystery develops around the questions: How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry and…what is wrong with people these days?

In the title roles are Alfred Svensson (The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared) Dan Ekborg (Black Widows, In Bed with Santa). Other cast members include Leif Andrée (The Sandhamn Murders, Daybreak), Sascha Zacharias (Rebecka Martinsson-Arctic Murders), Carla Sehn (Love & Anarchy), Petrina Solange (Bert’s Diary), Marika Lagercrantz (Modus, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) among others.

The series is the third Netflix Swedish Original produced by FLX after Quicksand and Love & Anarchy which premiered on the US streaming giant November 4. FLX’s Fatima Varhos, Pontus Edgren, Salomonsson Agency’s Fredrik Backman, Neda Backman and Tor Jonasson serve as executive producers.

Netflix also announced earlier this week the full cast of another Swedish Original series - Clark, written and directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Alongside Bill Skarsgård as Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson are Adam Lundgren, Sandra Ilar, Malin Levanon, Vilhelm Blomgren and Peter Viitanen. The series is produced by Scandinavian Content Group