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From Warner Bros Mexico - He's down there for some Warner Bros Expo - The Conjuring 2, Suicide Squad, Lego Batman and other films are all there as well.
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This as well re: Tarzan and Margot
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"Alexander Skarsgard daddy."
https://twitter.com/Jiseland/status/733476196004941825
"Our impressive # Tarzan is in Mexico! @AlexanderSkarsgard And screenwriter Adam Cozad, are here to discuss the grand opening on July 8."
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Translation of GQ Russia article:
Swedish Embassy By Lisa Chalenko
Title page with the photo of AS’s face: “Actor Alexander Skarsgård spent a lot of time at a zoo with the tigers and gorillas. Not just for anything but to play the part in the film The Legend of Tarzan. (in theaters June 30th in Russia). I’ve met Alexander twice: on the set of The Legend of Tarzan in Leavesden (Great Britain), and then on the other end of the world—in West Hollywood hotel in Los Angeles. In both locations he looked like he belonged. Everything suits him: a Victorian Lord outfit or a Californian jeans and a shirt. Regardless of that he appears a bit scared. Turns out, Skarsgård just fought his way through a crowd of fans that accosted him at the hotel entrance. He runs a finger pensively over the rim of a cup that is practically concealed by his massive hand: “As long as I remember, I never could deal well with fame. When I was a kid, there were girls waiting for me by my house. It negatively affected my relationships with other guys. I wanted to simply go out with friends, play football,—basically do what regular children do. But when you are well known, it’s difficult to live that way.”
Alexander was teased and called “star child” when he was little. His father — Stellan Skarsgård, world famous Swedish actor, close friend of Lars von Trier. “Dad’s fame never fed my acting ambitions. More likely, it deterred me. Being a teenager, I absolutely didn’t want to be an actor and frantically tried to find myself some other occupation, but to no avail…” Alexander was thirteen years old when he appeared in a film that drew more attention to him than he would have liked. Skarsgård was so uncomfortable that he decided to end his acting career. Which prompted the most fun years of his life: “I stopped being a green teenager who played videogames until mustached dudes on Vespas drove off with his girls right under his nose, moved to Leads, and partied like there was no tomorrow.”
However, there is no escaping destiny. Once Alexander came to Hollywood to visit his perpetually busy father on a movie set. He was, of course, noticed, and invited to audition. “I came into the room with the ‘what will be will be’ attitude and there was … Ben Stiller! He made the decision immediately and I got the part in “Zoolander,” and two weeks later I was driving in a Jeep in Manhatten singing Madonna’s ‘Everyone Wants to Go to Hollywood.’”
Some time after Jonas Åkerlund, a close friend of Alexander’s, invited him to appear in the video for the song Paparazzi of then not yet widely known Lady Gaga. “But the real fame came when I began filming True Blood. To be honest, it came as a surprise. I didn’t really think a vampire would be that interesting. We started shooting before Twilight and The Vampire Diaries. I was looking at myself and thinking: ‘Who’d want to watch this pale Viking?’” Soon the Warner Bros The Legend of Tarzan will be coming out with Alexander as the title character. In the beginning of the movie his hero is a real gentleman. In this version Tarzan has lived in London for ten years and has no plans to return to the jungle. Until his people are in trouble.
While preparing for the part, Alexander had to gain more than twenty lbs of muscle. “I wanted to gain the necessary weight, but not resemble a body-builder. I am not that flexible. Prior to the filming I couldn’t even reach my toes with my fingers. I had to work with a choreographer every day. I haven’t seen my friends, didn’t go out to eat, didn’t drink alcohol, and subsided on boiled chicken for eight months.” The grueling regime paid off. Skarsgård didn’t just begin to look like Tarzan, he became a bona fide sex symbol. Hearing that, however, makes the shy Viking blush and avert his eyes: “I, to be honest, don’t live inside social media. And I didn’t ask our stylist to make my hair in the movie longer so I would look sexier…”
These days the actor is planning much deserved rest—to retreat with friends to the Swedish islands, cook tasty food, drink wine that was so long denied him. He is friends with other semi-Hollywood Swedes: Alicia Vikander, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace. “We try to propagate Swedish way of life in Hollywood. Not so much eating meatballs in IKEA, driving Volvos, or singing ABBA. We have better things we would like to teach the locals. We don’t share every detail of our lives with the people we just met. We don’t smile at everyone on the street. In Sweden it’s customary to get to know a person, but then, if you become a friend, we are inseparable.” Deal!
Source: Translated by Still Hidden (aka the wonderful Our Lady of Solitude) and published to SkarsJoy
Swedish Embassy By Lisa Chalenko
Title page with the photo of AS’s face: “Actor Alexander Skarsgård spent a lot of time at a zoo with the tigers and gorillas. Not just for anything but to play the part in the film The Legend of Tarzan. (in theaters June 30th in Russia). I’ve met Alexander twice: on the set of The Legend of Tarzan in Leavesden (Great Britain), and then on the other end of the world—in West Hollywood hotel in Los Angeles. In both locations he looked like he belonged. Everything suits him: a Victorian Lord outfit or a Californian jeans and a shirt. Regardless of that he appears a bit scared. Turns out, Skarsgård just fought his way through a crowd of fans that accosted him at the hotel entrance. He runs a finger pensively over the rim of a cup that is practically concealed by his massive hand: “As long as I remember, I never could deal well with fame. When I was a kid, there were girls waiting for me by my house. It negatively affected my relationships with other guys. I wanted to simply go out with friends, play football,—basically do what regular children do. But when you are well known, it’s difficult to live that way.”
Alexander was teased and called “star child” when he was little. His father — Stellan Skarsgård, world famous Swedish actor, close friend of Lars von Trier. “Dad’s fame never fed my acting ambitions. More likely, it deterred me. Being a teenager, I absolutely didn’t want to be an actor and frantically tried to find myself some other occupation, but to no avail…” Alexander was thirteen years old when he appeared in a film that drew more attention to him than he would have liked. Skarsgård was so uncomfortable that he decided to end his acting career. Which prompted the most fun years of his life: “I stopped being a green teenager who played videogames until mustached dudes on Vespas drove off with his girls right under his nose, moved to Leads, and partied like there was no tomorrow.”
However, there is no escaping destiny. Once Alexander came to Hollywood to visit his perpetually busy father on a movie set. He was, of course, noticed, and invited to audition. “I came into the room with the ‘what will be will be’ attitude and there was … Ben Stiller! He made the decision immediately and I got the part in “Zoolander,” and two weeks later I was driving in a Jeep in Manhatten singing Madonna’s ‘Everyone Wants to Go to Hollywood.’”
Some time after Jonas Åkerlund, a close friend of Alexander’s, invited him to appear in the video for the song Paparazzi of then not yet widely known Lady Gaga. “But the real fame came when I began filming True Blood. To be honest, it came as a surprise. I didn’t really think a vampire would be that interesting. We started shooting before Twilight and The Vampire Diaries. I was looking at myself and thinking: ‘Who’d want to watch this pale Viking?’” Soon the Warner Bros The Legend of Tarzan will be coming out with Alexander as the title character. In the beginning of the movie his hero is a real gentleman. In this version Tarzan has lived in London for ten years and has no plans to return to the jungle. Until his people are in trouble.
While preparing for the part, Alexander had to gain more than twenty lbs of muscle. “I wanted to gain the necessary weight, but not resemble a body-builder. I am not that flexible. Prior to the filming I couldn’t even reach my toes with my fingers. I had to work with a choreographer every day. I haven’t seen my friends, didn’t go out to eat, didn’t drink alcohol, and subsided on boiled chicken for eight months.” The grueling regime paid off. Skarsgård didn’t just begin to look like Tarzan, he became a bona fide sex symbol. Hearing that, however, makes the shy Viking blush and avert his eyes: “I, to be honest, don’t live inside social media. And I didn’t ask our stylist to make my hair in the movie longer so I would look sexier…”
These days the actor is planning much deserved rest—to retreat with friends to the Swedish islands, cook tasty food, drink wine that was so long denied him. He is friends with other semi-Hollywood Swedes: Alicia Vikander, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace. “We try to propagate Swedish way of life in Hollywood. Not so much eating meatballs in IKEA, driving Volvos, or singing ABBA. We have better things we would like to teach the locals. We don’t share every detail of our lives with the people we just met. We don’t smile at everyone on the street. In Sweden it’s customary to get to know a person, but then, if you become a friend, we are inseparable.” Deal!
Source: Translated by Still Hidden (aka the wonderful Our Lady of Solitude) and published to SkarsJoy
Cosmopolitan Russia (June issue):
Article Title: The Legend of the Viking Interview by Galina Galkina Subhead: This Summer will be Hot! The Legend of Tarzan reaches the screens on June 30th with Alexander Skarsgård in the lead. In this interview the actor tells Cosmo about his Swedish family (this is not what you think!) and about conquering the South Pole.
Yellow insert next to the photo: ALL ABOUT HIM: 39 years old, born and raised in Stockholm. Actor. Played the lead in True Blood, as well as such movies as Melancholia, Straw Dogs, and What Maisie Knew. Unmarried.
Main text:
I am sitting in the room of Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills waiting for Alexander Skarsgård and reading about his new role: Tarzan in the Burroughs book is light skinned but tanned, tall, athletic, an attractive man with grey eyes He comes into the room within a few minutes and he fits the description to a T. I have a female journalist friend who once confessed that she pictures everyone she interviews naked. I dont have this kind of habit, but its hard to resist imagining Alexander in a loin cloth. After all, in the movie trailer he is wearing only pants. Skarsgård catches me looking, and I feel like I have to explain. I dont want to disappoint you, the actor says, but it was important to me that, before he met other people, the character never used to wear clothes. It would look absurd if a man raised by apes would suddenly start blushing and covering up. Tarzan would go naked and so I had to, as well. I have to laugh and start the interview.
Cosmo: The book about Tarzan came out in 1912. Since then it saw 88 screen adaptations worldwide. Did you see any of them?
AS: Interesting. I was told that IMDB lists 200 adaptaions!
Cosmo: Please dont tell me you saw all of them!
AS: Almost. My dad (famous Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård) is a huge Tarzan fan. When I was little every Saturday I would go with him to the movies, and we often saw Tarzan. We watched the adaptations from the 30s and 40s with Johnny Weissmuller. I think when I was offered this part my dad was happier than I was! He was ecstatic.
Cosmo: What sets your adaptation apart from the other versions?
AS: I know what you are thinking: How many adaptations of the same story do we need? I had the same thought at the beginning. However on the very first page of the script I found my character in the Victorian London, in somber outfit, during the tea with the Prime Minister. With the British accent and appropriate hair! The previous versions focused on Tarzan as ape-man that needed taming. This time the audience will see Tarzan who is ten years into living in England. The Jungle is well in his past and he is not nostalgic about it. However he receives an invitation to come back. And all the layers of culture get shed like a pythons skin and the real animal comes out. Its rather an interesting approach to a well-known story.
Cosmo: For Tarzan, the Jungle is the place he can be himself. Do you have such a place?
AS: (Laughing) Yes, South Stockholm, where I grew up.
Cosmo: Do you get to relax like that when you get there? I bet in Sweden you are chased down by fans.
AS: Not at all! My large family still lives there. And theres something particularly soothing when you come back to the places you spent your childhood in, where you stroll down the streets on which you played as a kid. I have lived in the US for more than 10 years, recently in New York. And, to be honest, I havent been back in Sweden in a long time. But I feel completely differently there. After all, I dont have any childhood memories about NYC or LA. In Stockholm every corner and every crossing remind me of where I fell and scraped a knee, where I broke up with my first girlfriend, etc. As to fans, considering that our family has been living there for decades, no one is agitated by my presence. So what, the Skarsgårds live here, big deal!
Cosmo: You have six brothers and a sister. What was it like to grow up in such a large family.
AS: I am the oldest, and because of that I was the most reprimanded by my parents. But dont think that we were always a huge crowd. First I was growing up with two brothers. Then, after ten years, two more brothers and a sister were born. After my parents got divorced, dad married again, and had two more children with his second wife. But we are all friends.
Cosmo: And do you get to see them often?
AS: Sadly, no. For instance, those eight months that I was preparing and filming Tarzan, I didnt just not see my brothers and sisters, I didnt see anyone or anything. Imagine you are adhering to a strict diet, constantly training. And during the rare days off feel like a total wreck. You want just one thingstay home on the couch. My dad was filming The River at the time in England, but we only saw each other a few times. So for almost a year I lived like a monk. I havent been to a restaurant, drank alcohol, seen my friends, or spent much time with my girlfriend for eight months. But I have no regrets, the project was worth it!
Cosmo: How do you relax from such hard work?
AS: I dont want to sound banal, but I love to disappear for a time at some place with no people. Just walk around, fish, read. My sister has a cottage in a Swedish wilderness. Without a phone, Internet connection, even regular shower. So you have to wash in the lake. Incidentally, I always thought of it as an excellent place to taste a romantic relationship. If she can exists with me in such conditions?! (Laughs).
Cosmo: So? Did Alexa Chung agree?
AS: I dont know, I havent asked yet. But I think its time.
Cosmo: You do select unusual places for rest. Ive heard that three years ago you conquered the North Pole, and in Prince Harrys company!
AS: Yes, but this was a charity expedition. For an entire month we lived in utter seclusion, away from the world, and saw only the members of our team. During that time we truly bonded and talked about everything in the world. Such experiences reveal people in a completely different light. By the way, I met several Russian people there. They saw a few of my movies and knew me. I was surprised!
Cosmo: You became a star due to True Blood. Do you miss the show?
AS: Yes. Just recently I came back from reading the script of a mini-series called Big Little Lie. We used to gather just like that before the read for every episode of True Blood. We have the same producer and many crew members are the same. In such moments you begin to realize that those were great times, and its sad that they are over. During seven years I had a second family. You can find it at work.
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Captions under the photos read: 1. AS and Lady Gaga. At the beginning of his career in Hollywood, Alex was featured in the video with Lady Gaga. 2. Alexa Chung has been dating Alexander Skarsgård for nearly a year. 3. The actor is a real hockey fan. 4. He will sell his soul for a scoop of strawberry ice cream. 5. Under the photo of True Blood still. Skarsgård doesnt bulk at filming naked. I am from Sweden. Its normal for us.
Source: http://skarsjoy.tumblr.com/post/144617949393/skarsjoy-alexander-skarsgård-new-photo-and
Article Title: The Legend of the Viking Interview by Galina Galkina Subhead: This Summer will be Hot! The Legend of Tarzan reaches the screens on June 30th with Alexander Skarsgård in the lead. In this interview the actor tells Cosmo about his Swedish family (this is not what you think!) and about conquering the South Pole.
Yellow insert next to the photo: ALL ABOUT HIM: 39 years old, born and raised in Stockholm. Actor. Played the lead in True Blood, as well as such movies as Melancholia, Straw Dogs, and What Maisie Knew. Unmarried.
Main text:
I am sitting in the room of Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills waiting for Alexander Skarsgård and reading about his new role: Tarzan in the Burroughs book is light skinned but tanned, tall, athletic, an attractive man with grey eyes He comes into the room within a few minutes and he fits the description to a T. I have a female journalist friend who once confessed that she pictures everyone she interviews naked. I dont have this kind of habit, but its hard to resist imagining Alexander in a loin cloth. After all, in the movie trailer he is wearing only pants. Skarsgård catches me looking, and I feel like I have to explain. I dont want to disappoint you, the actor says, but it was important to me that, before he met other people, the character never used to wear clothes. It would look absurd if a man raised by apes would suddenly start blushing and covering up. Tarzan would go naked and so I had to, as well. I have to laugh and start the interview.
Cosmo: The book about Tarzan came out in 1912. Since then it saw 88 screen adaptations worldwide. Did you see any of them?
AS: Interesting. I was told that IMDB lists 200 adaptaions!
Cosmo: Please dont tell me you saw all of them!
AS: Almost. My dad (famous Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård) is a huge Tarzan fan. When I was little every Saturday I would go with him to the movies, and we often saw Tarzan. We watched the adaptations from the 30s and 40s with Johnny Weissmuller. I think when I was offered this part my dad was happier than I was! He was ecstatic.
Cosmo: What sets your adaptation apart from the other versions?
AS: I know what you are thinking: How many adaptations of the same story do we need? I had the same thought at the beginning. However on the very first page of the script I found my character in the Victorian London, in somber outfit, during the tea with the Prime Minister. With the British accent and appropriate hair! The previous versions focused on Tarzan as ape-man that needed taming. This time the audience will see Tarzan who is ten years into living in England. The Jungle is well in his past and he is not nostalgic about it. However he receives an invitation to come back. And all the layers of culture get shed like a pythons skin and the real animal comes out. Its rather an interesting approach to a well-known story.
Cosmo: For Tarzan, the Jungle is the place he can be himself. Do you have such a place?
AS: (Laughing) Yes, South Stockholm, where I grew up.
Cosmo: Do you get to relax like that when you get there? I bet in Sweden you are chased down by fans.
AS: Not at all! My large family still lives there. And theres something particularly soothing when you come back to the places you spent your childhood in, where you stroll down the streets on which you played as a kid. I have lived in the US for more than 10 years, recently in New York. And, to be honest, I havent been back in Sweden in a long time. But I feel completely differently there. After all, I dont have any childhood memories about NYC or LA. In Stockholm every corner and every crossing remind me of where I fell and scraped a knee, where I broke up with my first girlfriend, etc. As to fans, considering that our family has been living there for decades, no one is agitated by my presence. So what, the Skarsgårds live here, big deal!
Cosmo: You have six brothers and a sister. What was it like to grow up in such a large family.
AS: I am the oldest, and because of that I was the most reprimanded by my parents. But dont think that we were always a huge crowd. First I was growing up with two brothers. Then, after ten years, two more brothers and a sister were born. After my parents got divorced, dad married again, and had two more children with his second wife. But we are all friends.
Cosmo: And do you get to see them often?
AS: Sadly, no. For instance, those eight months that I was preparing and filming Tarzan, I didnt just not see my brothers and sisters, I didnt see anyone or anything. Imagine you are adhering to a strict diet, constantly training. And during the rare days off feel like a total wreck. You want just one thingstay home on the couch. My dad was filming The River at the time in England, but we only saw each other a few times. So for almost a year I lived like a monk. I havent been to a restaurant, drank alcohol, seen my friends, or spent much time with my girlfriend for eight months. But I have no regrets, the project was worth it!
Cosmo: How do you relax from such hard work?
AS: I dont want to sound banal, but I love to disappear for a time at some place with no people. Just walk around, fish, read. My sister has a cottage in a Swedish wilderness. Without a phone, Internet connection, even regular shower. So you have to wash in the lake. Incidentally, I always thought of it as an excellent place to taste a romantic relationship. If she can exists with me in such conditions?! (Laughs).
Cosmo: So? Did Alexa Chung agree?
AS: I dont know, I havent asked yet. But I think its time.
Cosmo: You do select unusual places for rest. Ive heard that three years ago you conquered the North Pole, and in Prince Harrys company!
AS: Yes, but this was a charity expedition. For an entire month we lived in utter seclusion, away from the world, and saw only the members of our team. During that time we truly bonded and talked about everything in the world. Such experiences reveal people in a completely different light. By the way, I met several Russian people there. They saw a few of my movies and knew me. I was surprised!
Cosmo: You became a star due to True Blood. Do you miss the show?
AS: Yes. Just recently I came back from reading the script of a mini-series called Big Little Lie. We used to gather just like that before the read for every episode of True Blood. We have the same producer and many crew members are the same. In such moments you begin to realize that those were great times, and its sad that they are over. During seven years I had a second family. You can find it at work.
- the end -
Captions under the photos read: 1. AS and Lady Gaga. At the beginning of his career in Hollywood, Alex was featured in the video with Lady Gaga. 2. Alexa Chung has been dating Alexander Skarsgård for nearly a year. 3. The actor is a real hockey fan. 4. He will sell his soul for a scoop of strawberry ice cream. 5. Under the photo of True Blood still. Skarsgård doesnt bulk at filming naked. I am from Sweden. Its normal for us.
Source: http://skarsjoy.tumblr.com/post/144617949393/skarsjoy-alexander-skarsgård-new-photo-and
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Cute video from yesterday (May 19, 2016):
"hello guys @johnpaulospina @alexanderskarsgard_official greetings from Caluce! # Alexander Skarsgard # Hello Rey."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFndV-1nEYV/?taken-by=rey_tuk
"hello guys @johnpaulospina @alexanderskarsgard_official greetings from Caluce! # Alexander Skarsgard # Hello Rey."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFndV-1nEYV/?taken-by=rey_tuk
New promo still of Alex in The Legend of Tarzan:
http://legendoftarzan.com/post/144657730191/obey-the-rules-of-mother-nature
http://legendoftarzan.com/post/144657730191/obey-the-rules-of-mother-nature
From The Library:
There is a brief new interview with Alex in the May 30, 2016 edition (Issue #1111) of US Weekly along with a fantastic new promo pic from The Legend of Tarzan!
From US Weekly:
My biggest fear is that my kid brother will think Im a s--t Tarzan, says Alexander Skarsgård of Ossian, 7, who counts the iconic character as his hero. For this action film (out July 1), the actor, 39, had to bring Tarzan -- now a refined lord in the 1880s England and wed to Jane (Margot Robbie) -- back to his Congo roots on a Parliament emissary mission.
Q: Why pursue the role?
Alex: I see Tarzan as the original superhero, but his superpower lies in his fist. He doesnt need a cape, gadgets or a mutation to be badass.
Q: Scared of that sarong?
Alex: The jungles humid. Im quite pleased I didnt have to wear clothes.
Q: Thoughts on Margot?
Alex: All carbon-based life forms are drawn to her. She could make a fig tree blush!
Sources: Originals: US Weekly, The Library's transcription + Digital scans via SG Gallery for The Library
There is a brief new interview with Alex in the May 30, 2016 edition (Issue #1111) of US Weekly along with a fantastic new promo pic from The Legend of Tarzan!
From US Weekly:
My biggest fear is that my kid brother will think Im a s--t Tarzan, says Alexander Skarsgård of Ossian, 7, who counts the iconic character as his hero. For this action film (out July 1), the actor, 39, had to bring Tarzan -- now a refined lord in the 1880s England and wed to Jane (Margot Robbie) -- back to his Congo roots on a Parliament emissary mission.
Q: Why pursue the role?
Alex: I see Tarzan as the original superhero, but his superpower lies in his fist. He doesnt need a cape, gadgets or a mutation to be badass.
Q: Scared of that sarong?
Alex: The jungles humid. Im quite pleased I didnt have to wear clothes.
Q: Thoughts on Margot?
Alex: All carbon-based life forms are drawn to her. She could make a fig tree blush!
Sources: Originals: US Weekly, The Library's transcription + Digital scans via SG Gallery for The Library
From instagram today (May 20, 2016), a photo of Alex arriving at the airport for the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival (February 2016):
"#swedish #actor#celebrity #alexanderskarsgard #arrival#berlin#airport#signingautographs #actionpress #festival #66thberlinale #11022016#igersberlin #germany."
-martin_ettlinger_photography instagram
"#swedish #actor#celebrity #alexanderskarsgard #arrival#berlin#airport#signingautographs #actionpress #festival #66thberlinale #11022016#igersberlin #germany."
-martin_ettlinger_photography instagram
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan is the midday movie here in Oz on one of the main networks.
I've been out pounding the pavement, boot shopping all morning so I'm going to take a load off, watch it and see if any LoT ads are played.
Interesting because they usually do start doing this in the lead-up to a big film ie we've just had Captain America: Winter Soldier and a few X-Men films play in the past three weeks - all with ads for the new movies.
I've been out pounding the pavement, boot shopping all morning so I'm going to take a load off, watch it and see if any LoT ads are played.
Interesting because they usually do start doing this in the lead-up to a big film ie we've just had Captain America: Winter Soldier and a few X-Men films play in the past three weeks - all with ads for the new movies.
^^^Well..not one ad for LoT. And watching that was...tiresome.
It wasn't a terrible film but the pacing was very slow and the setup of the shipwreck etc needed editing. (I remember this being a good film, but I was a kid when I watched it and I'm guessing I was overawed by apes at the time - which were essentially men in suits).
In that way, the new film will benefit in that we'll see flashbacks rather than the entire story scene by scene. The ensemble cast were brilliant though; Ian Holm and Ralph Richardson. Like the new one, Christophe, Djimon and SLJ will enrich this.
Andie MacDowell SUCKED. No wonder this almost killed her career. Margot will do a really great job of this IMO. She can take the role and redefine it.
Christopher Lambert: I thought he was good for what he was given. What he did well was the physicality and his expressive face. Especially in the final scenes where he's torn between his two homes. Alex has that ability with his face as well.
The two things I'm interested in now are the tone of the new film, and yes his accent.
It wasn't a terrible film but the pacing was very slow and the setup of the shipwreck etc needed editing. (I remember this being a good film, but I was a kid when I watched it and I'm guessing I was overawed by apes at the time - which were essentially men in suits).
In that way, the new film will benefit in that we'll see flashbacks rather than the entire story scene by scene. The ensemble cast were brilliant though; Ian Holm and Ralph Richardson. Like the new one, Christophe, Djimon and SLJ will enrich this.
Andie MacDowell SUCKED. No wonder this almost killed her career. Margot will do a really great job of this IMO. She can take the role and redefine it.
Christopher Lambert: I thought he was good for what he was given. What he did well was the physicality and his expressive face. Especially in the final scenes where he's torn between his two homes. Alex has that ability with his face as well.
The two things I'm interested in now are the tone of the new film, and yes his accent.
I remember it being touted as more true to ERB. But only in the origin part. The rest simply wasn't. Tarzan did manage to acclimate to civilization in the books, and he did marry Jane. Alhough he and Jane did eventually relocate to Africa in later books.
I remember the movie being tedious too.
I remember the movie being tedious too.
More reason for a remake I guess. So Many Tarzan fans have been waiting for decades for a movie true to the books. They deserve to see one done right with all the technology that is available today.