Director Stephen Frears, impressed with Hjejle's work, approached the actress about making her American film debut and subsequently cast her in the Chicago-set reworking of "High Fidelity", Nick Hornsby's seminal novel about a pop music-obsessed thirtysomething man's relationship problems, John Cusack starred as the protagonist Rob and Hjejle played Laura, his live-in girlfriend and the latest in a line of women to break his heart. The actress brought an appropriate self-possessed grace to the role, and displayed a comfortable chemistry with Cusack as well as a capable American accent. Interested in working in her native country to be closer to her husband and young son, the Copenhagen resident had not ruled out the possibility of additional American work, but expected to follow up her role in "High Fidelity" with a turn in Kragh-Jacobsen's "Skagerak", another Dogme 95 feature.