Alexander Skarsgård

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Fan pic of Alex with his ex-roommate today (February 19, 2016). I always wondered what this guy looked like.:p

“19.02.2016 A surprise reunion at the #if #festival reception hosted by the #consulate general of sweden istanbul with #alexander skarsgard , my ex-#nyc roommate in the late #90s , now big #hollywood star & soon-to-be the next celluloid #tarzan.”

-reneames instagram
 

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audiogirl said:
The problem with the HR article was that the writer has a close relationship with Disney and wrote a book about them. In the article, an unnamed studio source was used for the criticism about Tarzan. It's easy to assume that unnamed studio was Disney, and that they had their own agenda in knocking down the movie.

Also, when the article came out, it was already a year after principle photography had ended on the film. So the more complicated post work would have been completed. What's left was probably tweaking the CGI, and Yates didn't have to be involved.minute to minute for that.

The article also mentioned a bad outcome to a showing of the film. That was because the power failed halfway through the showing.

The HR article used a self-serving studio innuendo and a half truth about a preview showing to makes its point, which puts the article itself in a bad light. No other news articles have said anything negative. Usually a troubled film has several reports from differing sources.

The movie has a good cast, a good director, and a good script. It will do fine.
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And all these questions were mentioned here, other fan forums and in the comments to the actual article. All of which were mostly ignored by the gossip sites that reprinted it. I do note that no other trade publication bothered to follow up on it, you'd think they'd want to join in the pile on.

ETA: In regards to the worries over Yates' working on both Tarzan and FBAWTFT, it's a concern, but it's also something that both Yates and WB have dealt with before. WB, as the parent of New Line, dealt with it for LOTR and The Hobbit trilogies, where Peter Jackson was working on more than one film at once, especially once the first film was released. Yates and WB did this for the last two films for HP, they were filmed together, and then released about 8 months apart. So while they were part of the same movie franchise, both studio and director have some familiarity with how to deal with two projects at once.

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I seriously would love this man's frequent flyer miles!!:graucho:
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Oh yes. Even this week alone: LA-Berlin-NYC-Istanbul.


Santress said:
Fan pic of Alex with his ex-roommate today (February 19, 2016). I always wondered what this guy looked like.:p

“19.02.2016 A surprise reunion at the #if #festival reception hosted by the #consulate general of sweden istanbul with #alexander skarsgard , my ex-#nyc roommate in the late #90s , now big #hollywood star & soon-to-be the next celluloid #tarzan.”

-reneames instagram
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(Googles).

Wait, this guy!?

"He landed a place on the course and moved to New York in 1997, renting a room in an apartment off Times Square from a flamboyant French-Filipino designer named Rene. "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7938942/Alexander-Skarsgard-interview-True-Blood-lust.html

9. When Skarsgård moved to New York to study acting, he rented a room from a 55-year-old Filipino fashion designer named René. (Who hasn't!) "Once when I got home and sat down to study he told me I looked tense and he wanted to give me a massage," Skarsgård recalled once. "I just couldn't stop laughing. He knew I was straight, but he was trying again and again. I told him: 'René, please. I will not suck your d***, you know this.'"

http://movieline.com/2009/08/27/9-fun-facts-about-true-blood-breakout-alexander-skarsgard/
 
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BuckeyeChicago said:
And all these questions were mentioned here, other fan forums and in the comments to the actual article. All of which were mostly ignored by the gossip sites that reprinted it. I do note that no other trade publication bothered to follow up on it, you'd think they'd want to join in the pile on.

ETA: In regards to the worries over Yates' working on both Tarzan and FBAWTFT, it's a concern, but it's also something that both Yates and WB have dealt with before. WB, as the parent of New Line, dealt with it for LOTR and The Hobbit trilogies, where Peter Jackson was working on more than one film at once, especially once the first film was released. Yates and WB did this for the last two films for HP, they were filmed together, and then released about 8 months apart. So while they were part of the same movie franchise, both studio and director have some familiarity with how to deal with two projects at once.



Oh yes. Even this week alone: LA-Berlin-NYC-Istanbul.





(Googles).

Wait, this guy!?

"He landed a place on the course and moved to New York in 1997, renting a room in an apartment off Times Square from a flamboyant French-Filipino designer named Rene. "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7938942/Alexander-Skarsgard-interview-True-Blood-lust.html

9. When Skarsgård moved to New York to study acting, he rented a room from a 55-year-old Filipino fashion designer named René. (Who hasn't!) "Once when I got home and sat down to study he told me I looked tense and he wanted to give me a massage," Skarsgård recalled once. "I just couldn't stop laughing. He knew I was straight, but he was trying again and again. I told him: 'René, please. I will not suck your d***, you know this.'"

http://movieline.com/2009/08/27/9-fun-facts-about-true-blood-breakout-alexander-skarsgard/
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AND to travel that much and still look good!!! I'd need a week to recover!! and that's a strange reunion!! wonder if he will still offer Skars a massage!! :laugh:
 
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Another pic from today (February 19, 2016):

“At the 19.02.2016 #iff #istanbul film festivali reception for actor - director #alexanderskarsgard hosted by the #swedish consulgeneral @jensodlander & wife, the # international #cover girl @rahwanodlander.”

-rene_ames twitter

https://twitter.com/rene_ames/status/700926276291338242
 

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BuckeyeChicago said:
Part of the reaction to the HR article is WB's fault, since they didn't release any still or anything other info other than that they'd started filming and what the basic plot outline was.
So a year after filming most people, other than fans of the actors and/or the stories, didn't really know it was out there. So the first actual article they see is from a respected trade publication written by respected HW business writer. Accompanied by a deliberate cheesy photoshopped pic of Alex and Margot. And so HR has set the narrative, and it's not a good one. For those who'd been following production the story seemed off, but most people hadn't so it seem perfectly legitimate. And WB never countered it, except to say they weren't worried about Yate's scheduling/time management.
I do think that when the teaser trailer came it did cause many people who were aware of the article to go 'well, it's not that bad after all.'.
Since the reaction to the trailer/stills has been mostly positive, or at least not overwhelmingly 'that's the suckiest trailer I've ever seen!' they can stay with the low-key approach for the near term.

As for the 'major star' question, well they've got to give other people chances, people who aren't name Chris (Hemsworth/Pine/Pratt/Evans). Star power can be great when an established actor's name can help with funding/casting and promotion. Of course, star power doesn't always work in the box office, otherwise movies from last year like Our Brand Is Crisis (Sandra Bullock) or Burnt (Bradley Cooper) or Mortdecai (Depp) would have been more successful. So with Tarzan, pick a couple of good actors with some star power (but not A-listers) as your leads and provide them with more well-known and established actors like Jackson and Waltz. And Yates, who's done rather well wit the last four of the Harry Potter movies.
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Thanks Buckeye and yes I agree :smile1:

Wow, Alex really gets around. I think he's done more PR for TDOATG than Mari and Bel. :D So he has finished shooting his scenes for Big Little Lies?
 
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djuna1 said:
Thanks Buckeye and yes I agree :smile1:

Wow, Alex really gets around. I think he's done more PR for TDOATG than Mari and Bel. :D So he has finished shooting his scenes for Big Little Lies?
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I think at this point he probably has done more PR for DOATG, interesting considering the movie is now out on DVD and I'm surprised it's still showing at festivals. In googling this showing was announced in December, but I don't think anyone in the fandom paid attention, since I don't think anyone thought he'd attend. Maybe he just wanted to visit Istanbul? :smile1:

BLL shoots until May. So he's probably got filming to go, they can just work around his schedule, especially as he's not a lead in the series. He's probably had a good idea of his promotional schedule for some time and they know about it.
TB didn't seem to have problems working around his schedule, most of the time, I'm sure BLL doesn't either.
 
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BuckeyeChicago said:
I think at this point he probably has done more PR for DOATG, interesting considering the movie is now out on DVD and I'm surprised it's still showing at festivals. In googling this showing was announced in December, but I don't think anyone in the fandom paid attention, since I don't think anyone thought he'd attend. Maybe he just wanted to visit Istanbul? :smile1:

BLL shoots until May. So he's probably got filming to go, they can just work around his schedule, especially as he's not a lead in the series. He's probably had a good idea of his promotional schedule for some time and they know about it.
TB didn't seem to have problems working around his schedule, most of the time, I'm sure BLL doesn't either.
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Well, I can't blame him, Istanbul is a very beautiful city ;)

Thanks for the information! :)
 
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Thanks, ladies.:smile1:

Playing catch up...

More shots of Alex at the Istanbul Film Festival reception for him at the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey (February 19, 2016):

"The 15th annual !F İstanbul independent film festival has started. And yes you see who came for a visit to the Consulate General, Swedish actor Mr. Alexander Skarsgård. Today there will be a screening in Istanbul of the film he is taking part in "The diary of a teenage girl." Check out all the films at ifistanbul.com with screenings in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir."

Sources: Consulate General of Sweden, Istanbul Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=911925308927523&id=132293046890757


Video from the reception shared by Rene:

"reneames#alexanderskarsgard at a #cocktail reception in his honor in the #consulategeneralofswedenistanbul 19.02.2016 #video @didemozalp #likeforlike #follow4follow."

Source: ReneAmes instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCAk6CvqEmJ/?taken-by=reneames
 

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