Alexander Skarsgård

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Thanks for uploading that KitKath, that's a really good article and addresses a lot of the concerns I had for the film.

The fears I have about performance, storyline etc have all but faded away. I'm starting to focus more on being excited about the film. Despite the budget, this might be a surprise hit.

And can I just say......thank gawd the PR kicked in finally. Articles in Empire, THR, are what the film needs.
 
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From The Library, Super HQs of the Empire issue:










Alex is featured in the July 2016 edition of Empire UK.

Empire’s issue does not have much commentary from Alex but is an interesting read about The Legend of Tarzan and the history of Tarzan on the big and small screen.

Here are some quotes/excerpts from Empire’s July issue:

“It is a big, exciting action film,” explains Alexander Skarsgård, who Yates cast as his lord of the jungle. “But this is the reality that Tarzan comes back to in the Congo: an appalling situation that wasn’t there when he was growing up.

-Alexander Skarsgård

“The Legend Of Tarzan felt the most enjoyable of everything I’d been
reading,” Yates tells Empire. A film based on a character who hasn’t been seen on a cinema screen since Disney’s animatedversion in 1999? “I just liked the idea of a really old-fashioned and joyful, romantic action-adventure picture,” he says. “Yes, Tarzan had gone out of fashion, and wasn’t necessarily ever done that well in its earlier incarnations, but they were delightful in their way. I felt that, just as Batman had been through reinventions,Tarzan was ready for that too.”

“We were very sensitive to the more dated aspects of the classic stories,” says Yates. “One of the appeals and challenges of the script was that it was rooted in this terrible, powerful, disturbing aspect of African history while still keeping all the iconic aspects of the Tarzan you know. If even one person in that multiplex audience goes away and reads a little bit about George Washington Williams, we’ve achieved something.”

-David Yates

“I didn’t know George Washington Williams’ story until I started talking to people about this job,” says Jackson, “but after that I read a lot. He was the first African-American from the United States to go into the Congo to oppose the slave trade. He was an interesting guy.”

-Samuel L. Jackson

Sources: Empire: Digital scans via SG Gallery for The Library
 
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FreeSpirit71 said:
Well.....

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That was pretty good, even if it was just a tidbit... but now I want to hear more.

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FreeSpirit71 said:
Thanks for uploading that KitKath, that's a really good article and addresses a lot of the concerns I had for the film.

The fears I have about performance, storyline etc have all but faded away. I'm starting to focus more on being excited about the film. Despite the budget, this might be a surprise hit.

And can I just say......thank gawd the PR kicked in finally. Articles in Empire, THR, are what the film needs.
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WB is probably thinking 'so now you've heard Tarzan speak, stop bugging us about it!' We'll probably not hear anything else until the movie comes out. :p

I do think (fingers crossed) that the big push has begun. And yes, it's about time.

Thanks Kit and Santress for the Empire article stuff. It's a good article. And the HQ pics are great, not just for ogling the abs :graucho: but I keep looking at the fake scars and wondering what lucky makeup artist got to apply those. What a horrible job! And a good one, as well, they look well done.
 
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An international poster for The Legend of Tarzan featuring Alex and Margot Robbie was released today (May 26, 2016):



Tagline (in Hungarian): Nem Átlagos Férfi (No Ordinary Man).

Source: IMPAwards.com

http://www.impawards.com/2016/tarzan_ver4.html

Per IMPAwards, the poster was designed by BOND, the agency responsible for the previous LOT poster released on March 16th and the poster art below:



Source: wearebond.com
 
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From ASN:

New video of Alex endorsing his good friend, Andri Snær Magnason, for President of Iceland:

https://www.facebook.com/Andri-Snær-2016-191429941193103/?fref=ts

“…On June 25th, you have an important election. I can’t vote because I’m not a citizen…yet….but if I could, I would vote for my dear friend Andri Snær. He is not only an incredible author and inspiring leader of the environmental movement but he’s also a really, really good guy. And no one would represent your beautiful country in a better way than Andri.

So, come out and vote on June 25th and vote for Andri!”

-Alexander Skarsgård



“I met Alexander Skarsgård a few years ago when he was included in a walk with us on Hornstrandir. He took the time to send me this note and I’m grateful for it.” -Andri Snær Magnason

Sources: Andri Snaer 2016 Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Andri-Snær-2016-191429941193103/?fref=ts

via Nutiminn.is

http://nutiminn.is/andri-snaer-faer...-alexander-skarsgard-blandar-ser-i-barattuna/
 
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Been a busy few weeks and finally today I had the opportunity to go see Captain America. Just as the previews started, there was a PSA by Alex for Regal Cinema's Stars of Hope Foundation. One of the recipients this year is the Elephant Protection Initiative. Not only did he do the PSA, but they showed a scene I haven't seen before of him with and talking about an elephant. His accent reminded me of people who move to the UK and start to pick up certain aspects of speech without going totally English. From the two or three sentences he said, it didn't sound strange to me, but I'm not the most objective observer.

If anyone is going to a Regal Cinema this weekend, you might get to see it yourself.
 
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