Alexander Skarsgård

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From what I've read here (given I haven't read the book) Alex won't have much screentime but rather be one of those lingering characters just standing idly by or just getting talked about and be a pretty husband. So he could easily fly back to London for two days to shoot something.
I truly don't know how you got that idea from reading here. Frankly, I don't think you really believe that, either. He's going to have plenty of screen time. There will be scenes with others, but he will be struggling through the jungle, first to find her, and then to help the enslaved natives. There is no book. But I have seen quite a bit around the Web about the plot.

Ok this was a complete brain fart. Please disregard.
 
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I truly don't know how you got that idea from reading here. Frankly, I don't think you really believe that, either. He's going to have plenty of screen time. There will be scenes with others, but he will be struggling through the jungle, first to find her, and then to help the enslaved natives. There is no book. But I have seen quite a bit around the Web about the plot.

*cough* talking about two different books.. *getting out of here now*

This!!!
 
Okay. I figured out what I goofed up on. I read too fast. I humbly retract my prior comment. He's not just a pretty husband. He has some very strong key scenes throughout. The most dramatic scenes, actually. He's central. It will probably be a lot like Eric. He'll be in every ep. Howevet Eric's scenes were usually with a separate group of actors, so his segments could be shot in isolation. This time his scenes will be with Nicole, and her time will not be that flexible.

Maybe he could fly back to London, but BLL is TV and they will have a tight shooting schedule, with less flexibility. He's also a lot thinner than he was, so striping him down for jungle shots will be problematic, since even his face looks thinner.

I think this will be a flashback, quite possibly with a junior Tarzan actor or even his folks before he was orphaned. Background to flesh things out and lend him sympathy. I can't know, I'm only guessing based on what they could possibly add that would endear him to the audience without breaking the narrative flow of the movie. The fact that it is one scene also suggests a flashback

They already have some scenes of their idyllic life in England before the action, in ordet to set up the relationship and his civilized status. And then they rush into the action. We also see.a tender reunion. So I don't see where a scene fits in for him. Of course I'm just guessing. I'd be interested to see what others might guess.
 
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Okay. I figured out what I goofed up on. I read too fast. I humbly retract my prior comment. He's not just a pretty husband. He has some very strong key scenes throughout. The most dramatic scenes, actually. He's central. It will probably be a lot like Eric. He'll be in every ep. Howevet Eric's scenes were usually with a separate group of actors, so his segments could be shot in isolation. This time his scenes will be with Nicole, and her time will not be that flexible.

Maybe he could fly back to London, but BLL is TV and they will have a tight shooting schedule, with less flexibility. He's also a lot thinner than he was, so striping him down for jungle shots will be problematic, since even his face looks thinner.

I think this will be a flashback, quite possibly with a junior Tarzan actor or even his folks before he was orphaned. Background to flesh things out and lend him sympathy. I can't know, I'm only guessing based on what they could possibly add that would endear him to the audience without breaking the narrative flow of the movie. The fact that it is one scene also suggests a flashback

They already have some scenes of their idyllic life in England befire the action to set up the relationship and his civilized status. And then they rush into the action. We also see.a tender reunion. So i don't see where a scene fits in for him. Of course I'm just guessing. I'd be interested to see what others might guess.


Have you read the script for the new series?
 
I've read the book. I seriously doubt they'll change his scenes all that much. The story wouldn't hold together. There's a lot of daily life stuff with the three women that they could reinterpret. But his scenes are central. If anything they might extend the length of his scenes or have more of them.
 
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Ok, I've just reread the casting call. They're looking for two boys and it's a flashback scene in the jungle. It's with a young Tarzan so Alex wouldn't be required. But given that they shoot that on a weekend he could've been available because as far as I know TV doesn't shoot on weekends.
 
Thanks for finding that. A flashback with a young Tarzan made the most sense to me, given the stated goal of endearing him to the audience. This does sound like something the studio would ask for. It's harmless.
 
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Ok, I've just reread the casting call. They're looking for two boys and it's a flashback scene in the jungle. It's with a young Tarzan so Alex wouldn't be required. But given that they shoot that on a weekend he could've been available because as far as I know TV doesn't shoot on weekends.
This series was filmed the last weekend so probably the next weekends also will be busy on the set.
 
Pic of Alex and Nicole filming Big Little Lies:

The Australian actress is one of many famous faces that will be appearing in the upcoming comedy series Big Little Lies.

But Nicole Kidman struck a serious silhouette in a pair of wide legged grey trousers and her luscious locks pulled as she chatted with co star Alexander Skasgard on the film set.

The 48-year-old Hollywood star looked deep in conversation as she and Alexander took a break from filming on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...t-upcoming-comedy-series-Big-Little-Lies.html
 

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Not a good week for Brits. Alan Rickman is dead.

)@#($ cancer!!!!!

Ok, I've just reread the casting call. They're looking for two boys and it's a flashback scene in the jungle. It's with a young Tarzan so Alex wouldn't be required. But given that they shoot that on a weekend he could've been available because as far as I know TV doesn't shoot on weekends.

This series was filmed the last weekend so probably the next weekends also will be busy on the set.

Some of the weekend shooting appears to have been to be at the school when school is not in session. But it wouldn't surprise me if they do other non-school filming as well. This is a mini-series not a regular tv series.

I'm hoping that they'll give him time off for BFF, since WOE will be showing on Friday February 12:

The Panorama Special will open on Friday, February 12, at the Zoo Palast with Daniel Burman’s El rey del Once (The Tenth Man) and the previously announced War on Everyone by John Michael McDonagh.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_30868.html
 
More/HQ set pics from January 12, 2016:

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