Bjorn Andrésen, who became known worldwide after starring in the 1971 film Death in Venice and was nicknamed “the most beautiful boy in the world,” has died at age 70. The Swedish actor stated that the phrase haunted him his entire life. The Swedish actor Björn Andrésen was only 15 when he was cast in the 1971 film Death in Venice. Italian director Luchino Visconti cast him in the film, which was based on Thomas Mann’s novel. Visconti nicknamed Andrésen “the most beautiful boy in the world” in a press interview, and the phrase stuck with the Swede his entire...
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