Alexander Skarsgård
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Alexander loves taking risks and trying new things and I really like this crazy side of him! It makes him so interesting and he himself for sure have a lot of fun and new energy when he's not closed in a box! BUT ... this project is a huge disappointment, all of it, the concept, the photographer, the timing, his 'funny' faces ... I do not like it, it makes me feel uncomfortable to think he agreed to do this and did with f****** enjoyment on his face. And please, guys, his PR team may have a lot to say, but in the end he's a grown-up man with a brain (soul and heart, quite sensitive as well) and he can use it! Ironically he still looks good, crazy motherf*****!
Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgård are heading to Montreal this fall to star in The Hummingbird Project for Canadian filmmaker Kim Nguyen.
The two stars will play New York cousins who work as “high-frequency” traders who take on their old boss in a race to build a lucrative fiber-optic cable system from Kansas to New Jersey.
Cameras are scheduled to roll from Oct. 15 to Dec. 15.
Source: https://popgoesthenews.com/2017/08/...der-skarsgard-to-shoot-movie-in-montreal/amp/
The two stars will play New York cousins who work as “high-frequency” traders who take on their old boss in a race to build a lucrative fiber-optic cable system from Kansas to New Jersey.
Cameras are scheduled to roll from Oct. 15 to Dec. 15.
Source: https://popgoesthenews.com/2017/08/...der-skarsgard-to-shoot-movie-in-montreal/amp/
Here's my take on this photo shoot. Alex has played perverts and nasty characters before and never comes off this gross. The closest would be Monroe in DOaTG. But with Alex's actions and words he was able to make Monroe sympathetic. That was Alex being his artistic self. This Alex is two dimensional. He's just the face and body. The artist, if you want to call him that, is Terry and his creep element shows right through. They take hundreds if not thousands of photos at these shoots and these are the ones Terry and GQ chose. They set up the story. We have no idea what Alex thought, if he enjoyed working with him or was just being professional and acting his way through it. It's all speculation on our parts. What I do know is that the pictures they chose skeeve me out. This makes me uncomfortable, but the S&M shoot he did years ago with the baseball bat and rubber gloves was provocative but not creepy in anyway. It should be the opposite. If that makes sense.
Regardless of if he enjoyed working with him or not, he shouldn't have agreed to do it period. Being in Hollywood you can't tell me he didn't know. None of this he couldn't refuse excuses. He most absolutely CAN refuse to work with whomever he feels. That is why less famous models have refused to work with him. Someone of higher status(which Alex is) has far more flexibility to refuse to work with anyone they don't want to. Sorry I am not giving him a pass on this. Disapointed in him.
exactly. not that it should even require a personal connection to have empathy or decency regarding the issue but a good point. I'm a survivor, and seeing those photos by TR and Alex along for the ride, made me feel sick and sad. if he knew, and chose to work with him anyway, that is complicity. that is being a hollywood sellout choosing career over conscience and there is nothing sexy or admirable about that. I'm shocked and saddened and now feeling very stupid for believing he was one of the good ones. sad sad sad
yes, this! he is the star not TR, and even if he could not get another photographer, then its basically that his principles can be removed for an added emmy push photo shoot? if so, thats pathetic. he is not powerless in this situation, unlike the countless models who were abused.
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theres a lot to hate. I'm a survivor and the photos made me sick. the complicity and tolerance let alone enabling that happens with men like TR is vomit inducing. he's not some talented guy he's a predator and well known at that. you couldn't promise me an emmy osscar or a million bucks to be int eh same room with him let alone participate in anything that would in any way be seen and endorsing this sicko. alex seems to possibly be another hollywood phony. only out for himself and mega thirsty with these creepy pics. they are not provocative or creative, they are straight up TR doppleganger crap. so creepy and intentionally so, which makes it even worse. like ha, see what i can do and still work high profile gigs? rape culture at work here.
yes, he's 41 ****ing years old. people half his age have more sense. i refuse to give him a pass because he is talented and good looking. i swear, I've been blocked on a few instagrams for politely calling him out. most of these fans couldn't care less. he's attractive and thats all they care about. he's on a pedestal and for what? he's human and he did something awful. i would love to see him straight up asked about this in an interview. if you're bold enough to work with TR and seem so thrilled to be "edgy" then you deserve to be put in the hot seat and asked the difficult bu t necessary question. I'm beside myself with all this. its triggering and sad. sad that most people just don't care as long as it doesn't affect them and that is tragic to me.
you're being generous and you could be right. the only thing is that Alex has a team, pr etc whose job it is to know this stuff. image is everything and very calculated in hollywood, especially where awards are concerned. this reeks to me of rape culture. terry has gotten off the hook legally and alex is thirsty for that emmy so if an edgy photoshoot is going to help, he's all for it. i always found him to come off a bit insecure and thirsty in his own way and these photos are so creepy and TR like I'm hoping he was just playing along but either way he is responsible for his choices and people are free to comment on those. personally, this has lowered him in my book and not that he cares but at the end of the day, you have to face yourself and your actions they speak louder than sweet soundbites in interviews where you pretend to be a good guy. you can't be that great of a guy who loves and respects women then turns around and works with a rampant misogynist and sex predator. nope
The shoot has unnerved me too. Emmy voting is over so this shoot will do nothing for Alex in that regard. I think putting him on the same level with sleazy Terry is too much. Alex is usually pretty sensitive to what he does and how that can be perceived. GQ should be responsible enough to not hire someone like Terry in the first place. There are many involved in these shoots. Stylists, creative directors, hair, makeup etc. All had a hand in it. From Alex's Instagram, it's running about 20 to 1, with the majority thinking the photos are funny. This is a German magazine so very few Americans will actually see it. The argument will be that some are being too sensitive. I think these images can definitely be a trigger. Honestly if another photographer had taken them they would be funny and may have a lighter feel to them. Remember the Rolling Stone cover where Alex, Anna and Stephen are covered in blood. Even that felt lighter than this. It's how Terry shot and edited them that gives it such a creepy vibe. They made him look like every perv I've ever encountered, especially when I was a teenager in the 80's. Once you've known that feeling or had an experience of being sexually preyed upon, you will remember it forever.
Apparently he knows who Terry is. Here is one q&a from that translatrd interview ;
GQ: It seems like you are portraying a specific character on set today. Who do you want to portray?
AS: Oh, you mean I am playing somebody else? No, this is all pure impulse! The animal inside me comes out and wants to have fun. That is what I expect from a shoot with Terry.
GQ: It seems like you are portraying a specific character on set today. Who do you want to portray?
AS: Oh, you mean I am playing somebody else? No, this is all pure impulse! The animal inside me comes out and wants to have fun. That is what I expect from a shoot with Terry.
Everybody knows who Terry Richardson is. He is very famous photographer.