Nilsson is a character of the 2023 crime thriller Luther: The Fallen Sun.
He is a henchman of serial killer David Robey
Biography[]
Following the capture of former DCI John Luther and Odette Raine and her daughter,Nilsson is assigned to assist to his boss Robey and Arkady with torturing them.Robey begins to torture Luther with Nilsson operating the chain that Luther is chained to via a chair.
Some time later Odette is brought in by Arkady and her daughter Anya is in a smaller separate room,Arkady goes in and suffocates her with a plastic bag.Odette runs to her daughter and then is restrained by Nilsson,Robey informs Odette she can stop her daughter’s suffering by simply asking politely.Odette then asks Robey to stop he then complies and signals Arkady to stop.
Robey then asks Odette to stab Luther at first she refuses, but complies when her daughter is tortured,Odette then stab Luther with encouragement from him.Luther is then thrown off the chair and Odette is then tied on the chair Nilsson helps with this.
Robey then ask Luther to shatter one of Odette’s knee caps with a hammer but he is unable to do it,Luther then makes a speech causing the audience that was watching the whole event to leave,He insults Robey angering him.Robey then sends Nilsson to attack Luther but Luther is able to strike Nilsson several times with the hammer,Thus killing him.
Relationships[]
David Robey:[]
Nilsson is shown to be loyal to his boss and compiles when even he asks him to do anything.
Personally[]
Nilsson is shown to be silent and has no emotion at all when anything happens.It is unknown if he was good at fighting,Luther is easily able to defeat him suggesting possibly not.
Notes[]
Nilsson is John Luther's first kill in the franchise.