Anecdotes

Gaup turned down offers to direct Jamais sans ma fille (1991) with Sally Field, RoboCop (1987) and many others. He began to direct Waterworld (1995), but he thought the budget was blown up and the project too difficult to handle.

Originally wanted to be an athlete when he was young and especially showed a talent for ski-jumping.

Directing a movie and TV-series about the true-life-story of a bloody hostage drama at Torp Airport, Norway, 1994. (novembre 2003)