7 A Man Called Otto Characters Cut From The Tom Hanks Movie

A Man Called Otto cut several characters from the novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman as well as the 2015 Swedish film adaptation it was based on. While every version of A Man Called Otto features a cantankerous older man being taught how to live and love again after the death of his wife, they approach his journey through grief in a slightly different way. Often making a film accessible to a different market audience necessitates certain narrative changes, and characters must be cut or combined in order to get certain points or themes across.