Alexander Skarsgård

[Santress]

Alex & Margot in the August 2016 issue of Film Fame Fact Magazine:






Source:

http://robbie-margot.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=261

via

https://twitter.com/MRobbie_France/status/752905756878446592

 

[Santress]

More from the premieres/promotions and Stockholm:

LOT Stockholm premiere (July 11, 2016):

Of course, we had the same shirt yesterday at the premiere of Tarzan as fun night, and thanks all @johanpetre @petreevent for an incredibly successful event! #alexanderskarsgard #legendenomtarzan

-tobiasbader instagram

Lille, Fia & Tarzan
#tarzan #filmstadensergel #alexanderskarsgard

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Mom with the man of the hour #tarzan Tack @johanpetre #petreevent

-andreajayson instagram

A great fun and well executed projects gala - this summer's big movie premiere delivered and we thank all our partners and clients for a brilliant teamwork! #claviusevent gala premiere # # movie premiere #legendenomtarzan #petreevent #gislerudcarpets #activeled #teaterteknik #clavius #claviusdekor #filmstadensergel #tarzan #alexanderskarsgard #sfbio

-claviusevent instagram

Join us as Bioklubben and Moviezine went to the premiere of The Legend of Tarzan who have theatrical release tomorrow, July 13! See the clip sf.se. #sfbio #legendenomtarzan # Alexander Skarsgård #bioklubben #moviezine # detfinnsalltidenanledningattgåpåbio

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LOT Stockholm photo call (July 11, 2016, Sweden):

Tarzan on a balcony in Stockholm.
#work #aftonbladet #alexanderskarsgard #fotografmarcusericsson #tarzan # tarzan2016

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In Stockholm (July 12, 2016):

Yes #AlexanderSkarsgård! Please come have a selfie with Lola! #tbexstockholm #TravelMassive #mybirthdaymiss

https://twitter.com/germainethomas8/status/753010914681581568

LOT London premiere (July 5, 2016):

Alexander Skarsgard - Tarzan #alexanderskarsgard #TheLegendofTarzan #tarzan #movie #premiere #LeicesterSquare #London

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Photo location # London photographed by Josh Daniels #tarzan #legend #superhero #thelegendoftarzan #thelegendoftarzan2016 #alexanderskarsgard #actor #actorslife #première #redcarpet #press #pressday

-joshdanielspictures instagram

Another one from the #tarzan premiere last week. Me with Alexander Skarsgård!

#alexanderskarsgard #trueblood #thelegendoftarzan

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Promoting LOT in Beijing (July 8, 2016, China):

Spotted #AlexanderSkarsgard in #FeldsparBrook casual button down during his Tarzan press conference!

https://twitter.com/FeldsparBrook/status/752854695920734209

We love Alexander Skarsgård in our Button Down Long Sleeve Shirt at The Legend of Tarzan press conference in Beijing! Dressed by the amazing @theoriginalyangster

#feldsparbrook #casualbuttondown #LegendofTarzan #Alexanderskarsgård #moviepress #beijing

Alexander Skarsgård with @margotrobbie wearing our Sidewalk Button Down shirt for @legendoftarzan press conference in Beijing! Styled by the incredible @theoriginalyangster
#alexanderskarsgård #feldsparbrook

Our Button Down Long Sleeve Shirt looking extra dapper on Alexander Skarsgård at the Beijing press conference for @legendoftarzan Dressed by @theoriginalyangster

-feldsparbrook instagram

 

[Santress]

New promo still of Alex & Michael Peña in War on Everyone:



Source: PremierComms.com

http://www.premiercomms.com/imgs/hero/generic/international-war-on-everyone.jpg

 

[OHVamp]

Its like we've died and gone to Askars heaven with all the pics and articles lately. Pleased Tarzan is doing lots better than expected. I thought it was a good watch and good for Alex's career. Looking forward to War On Everyone a lot! Thanks again Santress and all friends here. I do enjoy reading everyone's posts. I'll be out of pocket for a week. Business, but do carry on. I'll have lots to look forward to later.

 

[Santress]

More pics of Alex in Stockholm and promoting LOT:

In Stockholm (July 12, 2016):

My #photooftheweek -> Selfie with #AlexanderSkarsgard at #HotelRival while wrapping our cool #TravelMassive party!

https://twitter.com/LolaAkinmade/status/753257063300624385

Promoting LOT in LA (June 26, 2016):

Starring in The Legend of Tarzan, Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard, in good humour, talks to MiNDFOOD about the silly things he's done for love, and the dangers of those 'primal' scenes with Margot Robbie. Interview on MiNDFOOD.com now

-mindfoodmag instagram

Stockholm premiere of LOT (July 11, 2016):

this man killed the movie #tarzan thanks for a great night @alexanderskarsgård my georgeous twinsister @mozhdehk and @johanpetre ! so much fun! pic by @greenpix.se #moviepremiere #redcarpet

-jasminekaras instagram

He Tarzan, I'm... Liz. #AlexanderSkarsgård #Starstruck #TheLegendOfTarzan #GalaPremiere #RedCarpet

-elizabeta88 instagram

Aja ... Met hottie Skarsgard today anyway # Alexander Skarsgard

-dorisramirez instagram

Promoting LOT in Stockholm (July 11, 2016):

#alexanderskarsgard #alexanderskarsgård #tarzan #thelegendoftarzan #movie #trueblood #ericnorthman #vampire #swedish #actor #fandom

-celebcrushhh instagram

LOT London premiere (July 5, 2016):

Had the pleasure of going to the Tarzan premiere with my boy and actor/movement artists @aceruele who plays some of the main cgi characters. Also managed to go to the after party with Margot Robbie (Jane), Alex S (Tarzan) & Dijmon honsou - all good people #legendoftarzan#margotrobbie#tarzan#dijimonhounsou#actors#actress#premiere#blackactors#tv#redcarpet#afterparty

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Promoting LOT in London (July 4, 2016):

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Promoting LOT in Stockholm (July 13, 2016):

Days when you can snooze Tarzan in the neck (the armpit) are still little extra beautiful in the Radio Play & listen to when Alexander Skarsgård is visiting succépodden # gryochandersmedgäster
#tarzan

-mariagranquist instagram

Alexander Skarsgård is visiting pod Gry & Anders with guests! A steaming fresh section, see the # Radio Play app! #MixMegapol GryochAndersMedGäster # # Alexander Skarsgard

-gryochandersmedvanner instagram

Video:

When Tarzan's cry is heard through the jungle as heeding Jane and Jane! This morning I met @praktikantmalin and Alexander Skarsgard and you can hear all about Finnish zombie wedding and snogging on all fours with dancers in pajamas in the pod, "Gry & Anders with guests" that are out there right now! Radio Play or iTunes buddies. #tarzan #alexanderskarsgard # gryochandersmedgäster ... hardly at all giggly

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHze1cMhCtN/?taken-by=gryforssell

 

[a_sussan]

I saw LoT yesterday afternoon with my step mom. Before the move she was like .. meh..Tarzan.. but OK I'll go, after the movie she was very impressed with both CGI and the movie itself. As for me, I thought is was funny, adventurous and I enjoyed it very much. Margot is sassy as Jane and SLJ is doing a great job as "side-kick" to Alex. I'm going on Tuesday night to see it with friends *cough*.. I know but I can always say that I do it to support the movie.. [emoji23]


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[Santress]

^Glad you liked it, Sus. It sounds like movie goers definitely like LOT much more than critics and seem to enjoy the film - audiences and critics seem on opposite ends of the review seesaw.

More War on Everyone promo stills:





Source: LiveforFilm.com

http://www.liveforfilm.com/2016/06/...-michael-pena-in-the-war-on-everyone-trailer/

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A pic and video of Alex enjoying his time in Stockholm (July 13, 2016):

Video:

"Tarzan is here. @gustavbendt @jaowan #alexanderskarsgård #tarzan #stockholm."

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH0jwC1gW89/

-hepcatmatt instagram

"Back in town! @jaowan @hepcatmatt

-gustavbendt instagram

 

[FreeSpirit71]

They do have good chemistry, however... (OK Magazine in Australia is kind of like Grazia Australia - they look glossy and have an attractive aesthetic but they're basicially on a New Idea/Woman's Day level of factual reporting)

From OK Magazine Australia (July 25, 2016 issue)

Source: my digital download for article and http://okmagazine.com.au/new-mag-on-sale-6/ for magazine cover

 

[a_sussan]

http://tv.aftonbladet.se/abtv/articles/130255

Alexander interview by Aftonbladet. (video)
Sorry for the rough translations, but it was a bit hard to translate a few word. But I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Alexander
It has been very emotional, yeah.. ..but .. bunch of childhood friends here ..
mother, father and younger siblings
My little sister Eija holding after party here on Trädgårn
uh .. so it's a very special evening
I have traveled around the world now for 1.5 month on press tour and I come home
to Stockholm and Söder and it is quite magical

How do you find the support?
Ehh .. overwhelming .. absolutely huge shocked at how big it was, how many people were at the premiere as well, dad has been the biggest fan of Tarzan since he was a little boy, and he introduced me Tarzan when I was a little kid, and sit in lounge next to mom and dad and see the movie .. ehh. it is indescribable.

How did dad and mom take it?
Dad fell asleep a few times, but besides that .. ..*laugh* ... Oh no .. he he seems like he really liked it .. both mother, father and childhood mates who are very honest and quick to say criticism, it was huge positive afterwards, very happy so it feels very genuine.

Stellan
How proud are you?
Proud, I do not know what to say, I have always been proud and I do not know how proud I can be ... *laughing* .. I'm proud of them all the time, the whole gang just because they are such great people.

Know that you are a big Tarzan hell have we heard? May we hear what you thought about the movie.
It better than Johnny Wiess-Mueller by far, I thought it was really beautiful, it is not only that it has fantastic action in it, it deal's a bit of the Congo and its history is, I've read a lot about Congo's history before, and King Leopold terrible ravages. It was fun to see, good actors, Alexander was very cool,

How the evening continues now?
I do not know, I may well take a drink. ..haha ..

 

[jooa]

They do have good chemistry, however... (OK Magazine in Australia is kind of like Grazia Australia - they look glossy and have an attractive aesthetic but they're basicially on a New Idea/Woman's Day level of factual reporting)

From OK Magazine Australia (July 25, 2016 issue)

Source: my digital download for article and http://okmagazine.com.au/new-mag-on-sale-6/ for magazine cover

It's rather funny article ... its author has really big imagination especially that Alex always has a great chemistry with his co-stars on the red carpet, at the press junket, in the interviews, remember Ellen, Brit.
And I saw Margot & Tom on the pics from the after party in London, so he was there ... and he was with them in China so there are no bad fluids between them.

 

[a_sussan]

From Swedish King Magazine (issue 7, July 2016)
http://sussiluss.tumblr.com/post/147405432393/concrete-jungle-king

Concrete Jungle King
King Magazine © talks Tarzan memories, homesickness and Hammarby’s chances in this year’s Allsvenskan with Alexander Skarsgard.
Issue 7 (July 2016)
By: Tina Jøhnk Christensen och The Interview Hub Processing: David Johansson
Transcript / Translation: Susanne Anckar (a_sussan)

Alexander Skarsgard does not seem to have any problems with his self-image. How else to explain that this thirty-nine-Swede showed up to the premiere of ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ in San Francisco dressed in a dazzling dress, makeup and blonde wig? Or when he presented the Year award movie at the MTV Movie Awards was wearing a bow tie and tuxedo jacket at the top, while the bottom only were hidden in a pair of tighty whities. An obvious deliberate moves to promote his new role as Tarzan, where Skarsgard has become chunky and more than happy flashes his oversized quadriceps femoris (calf muscle, in plain Swedish).

You seem to have no problem with showing a little skin. Can we expect something extra to Sweden premiere of Tarzan? - Maybe I should get dressed in a loincloth? He suggests himself and burst out laughing. We’ll see. Maybe I swing myself into til the premiere of a vine attached to a rooftop. It would be something!
No, one can accuse him of being shy. Explicit sex scenes in movies - even with other men - it doesn’t bother him. Nudity simply does not seem to be a big deal.

What is your relationship to the old Tarzan movies from the 40’s?
- I used to watch the old movies with Johnny Weissmuller as a child, much due to that Tarzan is my dad’s idol. When I was little, he used to go to matinee performances of Tarzan every Saturday. He also had old VHS tapes that we used to watch together on the weekends.

The controversial indie movie 'Diary of a Teenge Girl’, which came earlier this year, you play the disorientated Monroe who begins a relationship with his girlfriend’s fifteen year old daughter. How did you do to not turn him into a completely obnoxious person, and what did you think of the script?
The story was very unique and interesting, especially considering that it’s told from a young woman’s point of view. I have never had the privilege of itself be a teenage girl, but spontaneously feels like they are often misinterpreted. There are so many films and TV series about the teenage boys where their sexualtitet and throughout the coming of age are exploited. When it comes to girls, it feels as if they are always waiting for their Prince Charming to come and rescue them. The dreams of kids and a dogs and a quiet suburban existence. It does not represent their teenage period. Just like guys are girls too interested in their sexuality and sex. I feel the film tries to be very straightforward and unforgiving, without consciously trying to shock. It felt just very genuine and beautiful. When it comes to movie character Monroe, I thought it was an interesting challenge as an actor trying to make him real. It is a character who is apparently responsible for their relationship and what happens, but I wanted to make him a little less filthy. To find moments where he was vulnerable, confused and naked.
Speaking about nakedness as revealed your father recently here in King that he used to walk around naked at home during your entire childhood. Is that why you are so natural in your “birthday suit”? - I think that nudity is far less stigmatisterat in Sweden than the US, for example, he says, and ducks question about his father’s nude habits. Thus said, I am probably not more comfortable in myself than any other Americans. I just know that there is a difference between working in Sweden and the United States, Americans are so traumatized by seeing a nipple.

Currently Alexander Skarsgard are in Northern California, specifically in Monterey, where he plays a part of the miniseries Big Little Lies together with others including Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley. The past three months he had recording divided between Monterey joch Los Angeles. It’s a hectic schedule, and even the summer looks set to disappear in the mists of work as there are long promotional tour for The Legend of Tarzan. And then, of course, there is that the premiere in Stockholm.

- I’m really looking forward to the premiere in Stockholm and to be in town, says Skarsgard and it shows in the tone of his voice that the premiere is the highlight of the summer. He does not know where the premiere will take place..
- I had hoped that it would be the old theater at Rival at Maria square. It is my home, and my family’s still living there. That’s where I went to school and got my first friends. This is my neighborhood, simply. The problem with the Rival is that it is no longer an official cinema, but I have put in an inquiry on whether it is still possible to conduct the premiere there. It would be great fun. (Note: It will take place at the theater Sergel, the 11th July. /SA )
Although Alexander Skarsgard is back in Los Angeles and plays Big Little Lies, he has actually moved to New York permanently. But home will always the Swedish capital. I live in New York now, and before that I lived 10 years in LA. I have no home in Stockholm anymore, but even so it always feels like coming home every time I’m in town. Just because my friends and my family lives there and it will always be home to me.
Speaking of the Big Little Lies, about a year ago, it was a lot of inaccuracies about you on Wikipedia, among other things, that you would play the lead role in the TV series American Horror Story - Hotel. What happened?
- I still do not know what that annoying false rumor came from, or why it was on my Wikipedia page. It’s really strange. It annoys me every time you need to refute false rumors, says Skarsgard.

Alexander Skarsgard is at the peak of his career. The first audition he ever did in the US led to a small role as a male model and roommate Ben Stille strange supermodel Derek Zoolander character in the movie of the same name. The big breakthrough came a few years later, specifically in 2008, when he landed the role of Eric Northman, the thousand year old vampire / bar owner in HBO’s monster hit (no pun intended) True Blood. The role meant instant stardom while the series became a cult classic. Today, Alexander Skarsgard hardly alone being successful Swede in Hollywood. Alicia Vikander has just won an Oscar and Joel Kinneman are in demand, and so are Noomi Rapace.

Is there a small Swedish community away in LA now?
- Well I would not call it a Swedish community, but many of us have worked together in Sweden or other Scandinavian projects. There are not so many of us, so most people know each other in one way or another. It is not that we Swedish actor book secret meetings and forges plans for how to take over the world, but it’s obviously a pretty good time to be Scandinavian in Hollywood right now, and we support, of course, each other in any way we can.

Although Stellan Skarsgard says that he has not helped their children break into the industry, Alexander says that some of his many children had inherited his father’s love of acting. And he has always been extremely supportive.
- Dad is always there if we needed help. As the eldest son, I was very stubborn, however, and careful not to give anyone a reason to say that all I have achieved is because of my dad made a few calls. That every job I would get would be because he knew any producer or director. Therefore, it was extremely important to me and my confidence to find my own way and my own approach, and show that I did not have my dad to create my career. I did not ask him how I would develop a character or come in contact with a certain director. My father realized how important it was for me to go my own way.
It has now been some time ago Alexander Skarsgard worked at home in Sweden. In the United States, he has been lucky enough to earn so much money that he can safely jump on projects that are more artistic than economically satisfactory. What he enjoys. Disconnect, What Maisie Knew and The East are examples of indie films he has made recently, while sometimes he makes great movies like Battleship or Tarzan. Which he enjoys.

Should not you do something at home in Sweden again soon?
- I would love that! It is six years ago I was working at home. Then I did a movie called Puss with director Johan Kling, who I admire as a filmmaker and was incredibly fun to work with. Although Swedish is my native language, it’s like five years ago I did a Swedish film. It was really strange, and maybe you can hear a bit of it in the movie.

It could well be a direct link between the Swedish actor’s success in Hollywood and direction as the Swedish film industry has taken. Alexander himself says that he see much, much more talent in Sweden today than when he left it for an international career ten years ago. He takes one of his favorite directors, Roy Andersson, as examples. Roy hires rarely established actor and preferring amateurs. It is therefore unlikely that he would call Skarsgard and offer him a job. In contrast, the young talents Skarsgard long for a project back home in Sweden.
- I really want to return. For ten - fifteen years ago, around the time that I left Sweden for the states, started a new generation of filmmakers to emerge. They do today unique, interesting and fascinating films. When I was in my twenties I did not think there was, at least not as many as today. We had, of course, Lukas Moodysson, whose films are fantastic, but otherwise it was a lot to be desired. He would really like to work with. You just have to find the right projects.

At the moment everything is about to promote Tarzan for Alexander Skarsgard. He finds himself at the front of a renowned ensemble that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie and Christoph Waltz. Australian Margot Robbie plays Jane, but will not be the typical “woman in distress”. Director David Yates has modernized its version of The Legend of Tarzan.
- The basic story is the same. It is about an orphan boy who is raised by apes in the jungle, but instead of telling the story linearly childhood portrayed through flashbacks.

That the script took unexpected turns was something that Alexander liked. He was not interested in portraying a Tarzan in loin cloth swinging in the vines. Instead we see Tarzan as urbane British lord who drink tea with the Prime Minister. When the movie begins Tarzan has been in London for ten years with his wife Jane and returns reluctantly to the jungle. He is afraid to return. Both because of the powerful enemies he amassed while growing up among the vines and tree crowns, but also to his own inner beast to be brought back to life.
- I think it’s something we can all relate to: the duality of man and beast, which is what the film is really about. Naturally, our film that idea to the extreme levels, when we take a well-behaved British lord who returns to being a ape, basically. It may not be something we all deal with in modern society, but it is still possible to relate to, I think. We come from animals, but we must learn how to behave in society today. There is something always fascinated me; when will that animal out, and we can resist when the most primal instincts arrive?

Did you shot the movie in the jungle, and swung in vines?
- No, we recreated the jungle in Watford on two sound stages; we had an African rain forest, colonial villages, quarries and a savannah. All. Then we went of course in the real jungle in Gabon for six weeks. There is a limit to how much one can do with a fake jungle in a studio in Watford.

Even the largest Tarzan fans, who remember a vine swinging Weissmuller doing death-defying swinging between tree crowns, will not be disappointed with The Legend of Tarzan. Alexander is in top physical shape and it will be a lot of climbing in the trees.
The physical was an important aspect and many of the scenes I actually do yourself. But not all. We took a trapeze artist for the most spectacular jumps, and my body was scanned by using 3D technology and Photo shopped on his movements. He was in fact much shorter than I, but made all the moves that would make Tarzan, swinging in the vines and stuff. He was absolutely fantastic.
How trained you to get in such a fit shape?
- It was really tough. Nine months of intense training and strict diet is not that fun. I really like the food, candy, beer and wine. To exclude it completely from my life was really tough. But I looked forward to monitor and explore my own transformation. I wanted to put on a little weight to get bigger but it was also important not to get any kind of Venice Beach Muscle package that leans more towards bodybuilder. Every muscle that Tarzan is there for a reason, they are not there because he wants to show them off. It would be completely illogical.

What do you miss most about True Blood? And are there something you don’t miss?
- I miss my family there. I have never had a work that last seven years. Usually, it has a kind of nomadic life as an actor, where you jump around from one job to another with new groups and formations all the time. It was wonderful to be able to work and socialize with the same people for several months, year in and year out. I have had so many funny moments when I played Eric Northman, who apparently is a really good character. Now that I do not have the series anymore, I can travel to any destination of the world and work with a movie as long as I want - and it’s very liberating. The problem during those seven years is that it was always difficult to squeeze in extra work during the time we had off from the series. I came to a point where it did not work anymore.

If you had an offer, you would play the vampire again?
- No, I’ve done it for seven years and it is not something I strive for.

Will you still stopped on the street by True Blood fans?
- Yes absolutely. The series is still going on television and very popular. We have very passionate fans.

They ask you still to bite them?
- Yes, it happens, which is quite puzzling.

Do you do that then?
- The thing is that if I do it once and it lands on any clip on the net, I will be hunted by the people who think I want to do it all the time. I will be happy taking pictures with fans, but the biting - I don’t do.

When our conversation draws to a close, we start talking about something that is an expatriate Swede heart. he can usually not follow them in place, but monitors online wherever he is in the world. We are talking about the football team Hammarby.

What’s up with your love to Hammarby?
- I never miss a game, he says. If I can’t see a game for various reasons, I follow the live update on the club’s website, which is completely awesome. They are really good at updating every minute of every game, which I’m very happy because I can not always watch the games. It is often that I am on the set and running back and forth between shots bring to see if something happened in the game.

What do you think about the team’s chances this year?

- Unfortunately, they are not great this season. We have not started particularly well located in the bottom of the table. I’m a bit pessimistic and do not believe we will win this year. But I’m very psyched to come home and see them on Tele2 arena.. I still think it’s a great, great experience to see them play live. They are not a top team anymore, but there are still around 20,000 people and sees them every home game. The support and enthusiasm from the fans is unparalleled. I feel so clear that we have a good team, but they need time. Injuries and other circumstances have set it up a little. When I was growing up in the early '90s Hammarby played in Division I against a lot of “farmers team” , as compared to that time we are not so bad today. <<

 

[BuckeyeChicago]

They do have good chemistry, however... (OK Magazine in Australia is kind of like Grazia Australia - they look glossy and have an attractive aesthetic but they're basicially on a New Idea/Woman's Day level of factual reporting)

From OK Magazine Australia (July 25, 2016 issue)

Source: my digital download for article and http://okmagazine.com.au/new-mag-on-sale-6/ for magazine cover

So, according to the Aussie tabloids in the last month Alex has been flirting/having an affair with Nicole Kidman, possibly an affair with Margot, broken up with Alexa, getting engaged to Alexa. All this, plus the promo tour, what time management skills he has!
I also like how one of their sources is a 'a fan'.

http://tv.aftonbladet.se/abtv/articles/130255

Alexander interview by Aftonbladet. (video)
Sorry for the rough translations, but it was a bit hard to translate a few word. But I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Alexander
It has been very emotional, yeah.. ..but .. bunch of childhood friends here ..
mother, father and younger siblings
My little sister Eija holding after party here on Trädgårn
uh .. so it's a very special evening
I have traveled around the world now for 1.5 month on press tour and I come home
to Stockholm and Söder and it is quite magical

How do you find the support?
Ehh .. overwhelming .. absolutely huge shocked at how big it was, how many people were at the premiere as well, dad has been the biggest fan of Tarzan since he was a little boy, and he introduced me Tarzan when I was a little kid, and sit in lounge next to mom and dad and see the movie .. ehh. it is indescribable.

How did dad and mom take it?
Dad fell asleep a few times, but besides that .. ..*laugh* ... Oh no .. he he seems like he really liked it .. both mother, father and childhood mates who are very honest and quick to say criticism, it was huge positive afterwards, very happy so it feels very genuine.

Stellan
How proud are you?
Proud, I do not know what to say, I have always been proud and I do not know how proud I can be ... *laughing* .. I'm proud of them all the time, the whole gang just because they are such great people.

Know that you are a big Tarzan hell have we heard? May we hear what you thought about the movie.
It better than Johnny Wiess-Mueller by far, I thought it was really beautiful, it is not only that it has fantastic action in it, it deal's a bit of the Congo and its history is, I've read a lot about Congo's history before, and King Leopold terrible ravages. It was fun to see, good actors, Alexander was very cool,

How the evening continues now?
I do not know, I may well take a drink. ..haha ..

From Swedish King Magazine (issue 7, July 2016)
http://sussiluss.tumblr.com/post/147405432393/concrete-jungle-king

Concrete Jungle King
King Magazine © talks Tarzan memories, homesickness and Hammarby’s chances in this year’s Allsvenskan with Alexander Skarsgard.
Issue 7 (July 2016)
By: Tina Jøhnk Christensen och The Interview Hub Processing: David Johansson
Transcript / Translation: Susanne Anckar (a_sussan)

Alexander Skarsgard does not seem to have any problems with his self-image. How else to explain that this thirty-nine-Swede showed up to the premiere of ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ in San Francisco dressed in a dazzling dress, makeup and blonde wig? Or when he presented the Year award movie at the MTV Movie Awards was wearing a bow tie and tuxedo jacket at the top, while the bottom only were hidden in a pair of tighty whities. An obvious deliberate moves to promote his new role as Tarzan, where Skarsgard has become chunky and more than happy flashes his oversized quadriceps femoris (calf muscle, in plain Swedish).

You seem to have no problem with showing a little skin. Can we expect something extra to Sweden premiere of Tarzan? - Maybe I should get dressed in a loincloth? He suggests himself and burst out laughing. We’ll see. Maybe I swing myself into til the premiere of a vine attached to a rooftop. It would be something!
No, one can accuse him of being shy. Explicit sex scenes in movies - even with other men - it doesn’t bother him. Nudity simply does not seem to be a big deal.

What is your relationship to the old Tarzan movies from the 40’s?
- I used to watch the old movies with Johnny Weissmuller as a child, much due to that Tarzan is my dad’s idol. When I was little, he used to go to matinee performances of Tarzan every Saturday. He also had old VHS tapes that we used to watch together on the weekends.

The controversial indie movie 'Diary of a Teenge Girl’, which came earlier this year, you play the disorientated Monroe who begins a relationship with his girlfriend’s fifteen year old daughter. How did you do to not turn him into a completely obnoxious person, and what did you think of the script?
The story was very unique and interesting, especially considering that it’s told from a young woman’s point of view. I have never had the privilege of itself be a teenage girl, but spontaneously feels like they are often misinterpreted. There are so many films and TV series about the teenage boys where their sexualtitet and throughout the coming of age are exploited. When it comes to girls, it feels as if they are always waiting for their Prince Charming to come and rescue them. The dreams of kids and a dogs and a quiet suburban existence. It does not represent their teenage period. Just like guys are girls too interested in their sexuality and sex. I feel the film tries to be very straightforward and unforgiving, without consciously trying to shock. It felt just very genuine and beautiful. When it comes to movie character Monroe, I thought it was an interesting challenge as an actor trying to make him real. It is a character who is apparently responsible for their relationship and what happens, but I wanted to make him a little less filthy. To find moments where he was vulnerable, confused and naked.
Speaking about nakedness as revealed your father recently here in King that he used to walk around naked at home during your entire childhood. Is that why you are so natural in your “birthday suit”? - I think that nudity is far less stigmatisterat in Sweden than the US, for example, he says, and ducks question about his father’s nude habits. Thus said, I am probably not more comfortable in myself than any other Americans. I just know that there is a difference between working in Sweden and the United States, Americans are so traumatized by seeing a nipple.

Currently Alexander Skarsgard are in Northern California, specifically in Monterey, where he plays a part of the miniseries Big Little Lies together with others including Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley. The past three months he had recording divided between Monterey joch Los Angeles. It’s a hectic schedule, and even the summer looks set to disappear in the mists of work as there are long promotional tour for The Legend of Tarzan. And then, of course, there is that the premiere in Stockholm.

- I’m really looking forward to the premiere in Stockholm and to be in town, says Skarsgard and it shows in the tone of his voice that the premiere is the highlight of the summer. He does not know where the premiere will take place..
- I had hoped that it would be the old theater at Rival at Maria square. It is my home, and my family’s still living there. That’s where I went to school and got my first friends. This is my neighborhood, simply. The problem with the Rival is that it is no longer an official cinema, but I have put in an inquiry on whether it is still possible to conduct the premiere there. It would be great fun. (Note: It will take place at the theater Sergel, the 11th July. /SA )
Although Alexander Skarsgard is back in Los Angeles and plays Big Little Lies, he has actually moved to New York permanently. But home will always the Swedish capital. I live in New York now, and before that I lived 10 years in LA. I have no home in Stockholm anymore, but even so it always feels like coming home every time I’m in town. Just because my friends and my family lives there and it will always be home to me.
Speaking of the Big Little Lies, about a year ago, it was a lot of inaccuracies about you on Wikipedia, among other things, that you would play the lead role in the TV series American Horror Story - Hotel. What happened?
- I still do not know what that annoying false rumor came from, or why it was on my Wikipedia page. It’s really strange. It annoys me every time you need to refute false rumors, says Skarsgard.

Alexander Skarsgard is at the peak of his career. The first audition he ever did in the US led to a small role as a male model and roommate Ben Stille strange supermodel Derek Zoolander character in the movie of the same name. The big breakthrough came a few years later, specifically in 2008, when he landed the role of Eric Northman, the thousand year old vampire / bar owner in HBO’s monster hit (no pun intended) True Blood. The role meant instant stardom while the series became a cult classic. Today, Alexander Skarsgard hardly alone being successful Swede in Hollywood. Alicia Vikander has just won an Oscar and Joel Kinneman are in demand, and so are Noomi Rapace.

Is there a small Swedish community away in LA now?
- Well I would not call it a Swedish community, but many of us have worked together in Sweden or other Scandinavian projects. There are not so many of us, so most people know each other in one way or another. It is not that we Swedish actor book secret meetings and forges plans for how to take over the world, but it’s obviously a pretty good time to be Scandinavian in Hollywood right now, and we support, of course, each other in any way we can.

Although Stellan Skarsgard says that he has not helped their children break into the industry, Alexander says that some of his many children had inherited his father’s love of acting. And he has always been extremely supportive.
- Dad is always there if we needed help. As the eldest son, I was very stubborn, however, and careful not to give anyone a reason to say that all I have achieved is because of my dad made a few calls. That every job I would get would be because he knew any producer or director. Therefore, it was extremely important to me and my confidence to find my own way and my own approach, and show that I did not have my dad to create my career. I did not ask him how I would develop a character or come in contact with a certain director. My father realized how important it was for me to go my own way.
It has now been some time ago Alexander Skarsgard worked at home in Sweden. In the United States, he has been lucky enough to earn so much money that he can safely jump on projects that are more artistic than economically satisfactory. What he enjoys. Disconnect, What Maisie Knew and The East are examples of indie films he has made recently, while sometimes he makes great movies like Battleship or Tarzan. Which he enjoys.

Should not you do something at home in Sweden again soon?
- I would love that! It is six years ago I was working at home. Then I did a movie called Puss with director Johan Kling, who I admire as a filmmaker and was incredibly fun to work with. Although Swedish is my native language, it’s like five years ago I did a Swedish film. It was really strange, and maybe you can hear a bit of it in the movie.

It could well be a direct link between the Swedish actor’s success in Hollywood and direction as the Swedish film industry has taken. Alexander himself says that he see much, much more talent in Sweden today than when he left it for an international career ten years ago. He takes one of his favorite directors, Roy Andersson, as examples. Roy hires rarely established actor and preferring amateurs. It is therefore unlikely that he would call Skarsgard and offer him a job. In contrast, the young talents Skarsgard long for a project back home in Sweden.
- I really want to return. For ten - fifteen years ago, around the time that I left Sweden for the states, started a new generation of filmmakers to emerge. They do today unique, interesting and fascinating films. When I was in my twenties I did not think there was, at least not as many as today. We had, of course, Lukas Moodysson, whose films are fantastic, but otherwise it was a lot to be desired. He would really like to work with. You just have to find the right projects.

At the moment everything is about to promote Tarzan for Alexander Skarsgard. He finds himself at the front of a renowned ensemble that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie and Christoph Waltz. Australian Margot Robbie plays Jane, but will not be the typical “woman in distress”. Director David Yates has modernized its version of The Legend of Tarzan.
- The basic story is the same. It is about an orphan boy who is raised by apes in the jungle, but instead of telling the story linearly childhood portrayed through flashbacks.

That the script took unexpected turns was something that Alexander liked. He was not interested in portraying a Tarzan in loin cloth swinging in the vines. Instead we see Tarzan as urbane British lord who drink tea with the Prime Minister. When the movie begins Tarzan has been in London for ten years with his wife Jane and returns reluctantly to the jungle. He is afraid to return. Both because of the powerful enemies he amassed while growing up among the vines and tree crowns, but also to his own inner beast to be brought back to life.
- I think it’s something we can all relate to: the duality of man and beast, which is what the film is really about. Naturally, our film that idea to the extreme levels, when we take a well-behaved British lord who returns to being a ape, basically. It may not be something we all deal with in modern society, but it is still possible to relate to, I think. We come from animals, but we must learn how to behave in society today. There is something always fascinated me; when will that animal out, and we can resist when the most primal instincts arrive?

Did you shot the movie in the jungle, and swung in vines?
- No, we recreated the jungle in Watford on two sound stages; we had an African rain forest, colonial villages, quarries and a savannah. All. Then we went of course in the real jungle in Gabon for six weeks. There is a limit to how much one can do with a fake jungle in a studio in Watford.

Even the largest Tarzan fans, who remember a vine swinging Weissmuller doing death-defying swinging between tree crowns, will not be disappointed with The Legend of Tarzan. Alexander is in top physical shape and it will be a lot of climbing in the trees.
The physical was an important aspect and many of the scenes I actually do yourself. But not all. We took a trapeze artist for the most spectacular jumps, and my body was scanned by using 3D technology and Photo shopped on his movements. He was in fact much shorter than I, but made all the moves that would make Tarzan, swinging in the vines and stuff. He was absolutely fantastic.
How trained you to get in such a fit shape?
- It was really tough. Nine months of intense training and strict diet is not that fun. I really like the food, candy, beer and wine. To exclude it completely from my life was really tough. But I looked forward to monitor and explore my own transformation. I wanted to put on a little weight to get bigger but it was also important not to get any kind of Venice Beach Muscle package that leans more towards bodybuilder. Every muscle that Tarzan is there for a reason, they are not there because he wants to show them off. It would be completely illogical.

What do you miss most about True Blood? And are there something you don’t miss?
- I miss my family there. I have never had a work that last seven years. Usually, it has a kind of nomadic life as an actor, where you jump around from one job to another with new groups and formations all the time. It was wonderful to be able to work and socialize with the same people for several months, year in and year out. I have had so many funny moments when I played Eric Northman, who apparently is a really good character. Now that I do not have the series anymore, I can travel to any destination of the world and work with a movie as long as I want - and it’s very liberating. The problem during those seven years is that it was always difficult to squeeze in extra work during the time we had off from the series. I came to a point where it did not work anymore.

If you had an offer, you would play the vampire again?
- No, I’ve done it for seven years and it is not something I strive for.

Will you still stopped on the street by True Blood fans?
- Yes absolutely. The series is still going on television and very popular. We have very passionate fans.

They ask you still to bite them?
- Yes, it happens, which is quite puzzling.

Do you do that then?
- The thing is that if I do it once and it lands on any clip on the net, I will be hunted by the people who think I want to do it all the time. I will be happy taking pictures with fans, but the biting - I don’t do.

When our conversation draws to a close, we start talking about something that is an expatriate Swede heart. he can usually not follow them in place, but monitors online wherever he is in the world. We are talking about the football team Hammarby.

What’s up with your love to Hammarby?
- I never miss a game, he says. If I can’t see a game for various reasons, I follow the live update on the club’s website, which is completely awesome. They are really good at updating every minute of every game, which I’m very happy because I can not always watch the games. It is often that I am on the set and running back and forth between shots bring to see if something happened in the game.

What do you think about the team’s chances this year?

- Unfortunately, they are not great this season. We have not started particularly well located in the bottom of the table. I’m a bit pessimistic and do not believe we will win this year. But I’m very psyched to come home and see them on Tele2 arena.. I still think it’s a great, great experience to see them play live. They are not a top team anymore, but there are still around 20,000 people and sees them every home game. The support and enthusiasm from the fans is unparalleled. I feel so clear that we have a good team, but they need time. Injuries and other circumstances have set it up a little. When I was growing up in the early '90s Hammarby played in Division I against a lot of “farmers team” , as compared to that time we are not so bad today. <<

Thanks for the translations!

 

[scaredsquirrel]

I'm really eager for you guys to see War on Everyone and get your take. It is a deeply weird character for him, and the film pushes the edge of random and quirky, but I walked out feeling like he was very smart to do it because the collection of work he has done is quite diverse. And having been to Iceland last year, I recognized every spot he was in (although they fake the infamous Blue Lagoon).

Glad the LoT continues to do well with audiences - wonder if they'll gin up the sequel. They could learn from the reviews here to improve.

 

[VampFan]

It's rather funny article ... its author has really big imagination especially that Alex always has a great chemistry with his co-stars on the red carpet, at the press junket, in the interviews, remember Ellen, Brit.
And I saw Margot & Tom on the pics from the after party in London, so he was there ... and he was with them in China so there are no bad fluids between them.

Those of us who follow Alex also know if he is touchy, feely and hugging someone, they are totally in the "buddy" zone. I doubt if anyone will be quoting this in any articles since it won't sell but
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...efree-trip-Hawaii-boyfriend-Tom-Ackerley.html

Off topic - my heart goes out to all in France. If I had one wish it would be peace on earth, and I used to laugh at people saying that, but, really, why all this craziness? I'm just devastated.

 

[VampFan]

From Swedish King Magazine (issue 7, July 2016)
http://sussiluss.tumblr.com/post/147405432393/concrete-jungle-king

Concrete Jungle King
King Magazine [emoji767] talks Tarzan memories, homesickness and Hammarby’s chances in this year’s Allsvenskan with Alexander Skarsgard.
Issue 7 (July 2016)
By: Tina Jøhnk Christensen och The Interview Hub Processing: David Johansson
Transcript / Translation: Susanne Anckar (a_sussan)

Alexander Skarsgard does not seem to have any problems with his self-image. How else to explain that this thirty-nine-Swede showed up to the premiere of ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ in San Francisco dressed in a dazzling dress, makeup and blonde wig? Or when he presented the Year award movie at the MTV Movie Awards was wearing a bow tie and tuxedo jacket at the top, while the bottom only were hidden in a pair of tighty whities. An obvious deliberate moves to promote his new role as Tarzan, where Skarsgard has become chunky and more than happy flashes his oversized quadriceps femoris (calf muscle, in plain Swedish).

You seem to have no problem with showing a little skin. Can we expect something extra to Sweden premiere of Tarzan? - Maybe I should get dressed in a loincloth? He suggests himself and burst out laughing. We’ll see. Maybe I swing myself into til the premiere of a vine attached to a rooftop. It would be something!
No, one can accuse him of being shy. Explicit sex scenes in movies - even with other men - it doesn’t bother him. Nudity simply does not seem to be a big deal.

What is your relationship to the old Tarzan movies from the 40’s?
- I used to watch the old movies with Johnny Weissmuller as a child, much due to that Tarzan is my dad’s idol. When I was little, he used to go to matinee performances of Tarzan every Saturday. He also had old VHS tapes that we used to watch together on the weekends.

The controversial indie movie 'Diary of a Teenge Girl’, which came earlier this year, you play the disorientated Monroe who begins a relationship with his girlfriend’s fifteen year old daughter. How did you do to not turn him into a completely obnoxious person, and what did you think of the script?
The story was very unique and interesting, especially considering that it’s told from a young woman’s point of view. I have never had the privilege of itself be a teenage girl, but spontaneously feels like they are often misinterpreted. There are so many films and TV series about the teenage boys where their sexualtitet and throughout the coming of age are exploited. When it comes to girls, it feels as if they are always waiting for their Prince Charming to come and rescue them. The dreams of kids and a dogs and a quiet suburban existence. It does not represent their teenage period. Just like guys are girls too interested in their sexuality and sex. I feel the film tries to be very straightforward and unforgiving, without consciously trying to shock. It felt just very genuine and beautiful. When it comes to movie character Monroe, I thought it was an interesting challenge as an actor trying to make him real. It is a character who is apparently responsible for their relationship and what happens, but I wanted to make him a little less filthy. To find moments where he was vulnerable, confused and naked.
Speaking about nakedness as revealed your father recently here in King that he used to walk around naked at home during your entire childhood. Is that why you are so natural in your “birthday suit”? - I think that nudity is far less stigmatisterat in Sweden than the US, for example, he says, and ducks question about his father’s nude habits. Thus said, I am probably not more comfortable in myself than any other Americans. I just know that there is a difference between working in Sweden and the United States, Americans are so traumatized by seeing a nipple.

Currently Alexander Skarsgard are in Northern California, specifically in Monterey, where he plays a part of the miniseries Big Little Lies together with others including Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley. The past three months he had recording divided between Monterey joch Los Angeles. It’s a hectic schedule, and even the summer looks set to disappear in the mists of work as there are long promotional tour for The Legend of Tarzan. And then, of course, there is that the premiere in Stockholm.

- I’m really looking forward to the premiere in Stockholm and to be in town, says Skarsgard and it shows in the tone of his voice that the premiere is the highlight of the summer. He does not know where the premiere will take place..
- I had hoped that it would be the old theater at Rival at Maria square. It is my home, and my family’s still living there. That’s where I went to school and got my first friends. This is my neighborhood, simply. The problem with the Rival is that it is no longer an official cinema, but I have put in an inquiry on whether it is still possible to conduct the premiere there. It would be great fun. (Note: It will take place at the theater Sergel, the 11th July. /SA )
Although Alexander Skarsgard is back in Los Angeles and plays Big Little Lies, he has actually moved to New York permanently. But home will always the Swedish capital. I live in New York now, and before that I lived 10 years in LA. I have no home in Stockholm anymore, but even so it always feels like coming home every time I’m in town. Just because my friends and my family lives there and it will always be home to me.
Speaking of the Big Little Lies, about a year ago, it was a lot of inaccuracies about you on Wikipedia, among other things, that you would play the lead role in the TV series American Horror Story - Hotel. What happened?
- I still do not know what that annoying false rumor came from, or why it was on my Wikipedia page. It’s really strange. It annoys me every time you need to refute false rumors, says Skarsgard.

Alexander Skarsgard is at the peak of his career. The first audition he ever did in the US led to a small role as a male model and roommate Ben Stille strange supermodel Derek Zoolander character in the movie of the same name. The big breakthrough came a few years later, specifically in 2008, when he landed the role of Eric Northman, the thousand year old vampire / bar owner in HBO’s monster hit (no pun intended) True Blood. The role meant instant stardom while the series became a cult classic. Today, Alexander Skarsgard hardly alone being successful Swede in Hollywood. Alicia Vikander has just won an Oscar and Joel Kinneman are in demand, and so are Noomi Rapace.

Is there a small Swedish community away in LA now?
- Well I would not call it a Swedish community, but many of us have worked together in Sweden or other Scandinavian projects. There are not so many of us, so most people know each other in one way or another. It is not that we Swedish actor book secret meetings and forges plans for how to take over the world, but it’s obviously a pretty good time to be Scandinavian in Hollywood right now, and we support, of course, each other in any way we can.

Although Stellan Skarsgard says that he has not helped their children break into the industry, Alexander says that some of his many children had inherited his father’s love of acting. And he has always been extremely supportive.
- Dad is always there if we needed help. As the eldest son, I was very stubborn, however, and careful not to give anyone a reason to say that all I have achieved is because of my dad made a few calls. That every job I would get would be because he knew any producer or director. Therefore, it was extremely important to me and my confidence to find my own way and my own approach, and show that I did not have my dad to create my career. I did not ask him how I would develop a character or come in contact with a certain director. My father realized how important it was for me to go my own way.
It has now been some time ago Alexander Skarsgard worked at home in Sweden. In the United States, he has been lucky enough to earn so much money that he can safely jump on projects that are more artistic than economically satisfactory. What he enjoys. Disconnect, What Maisie Knew and The East are examples of indie films he has made recently, while sometimes he makes great movies like Battleship or Tarzan. Which he enjoys.

Should not you do something at home in Sweden again soon?
- I would love that! It is six years ago I was working at home. Then I did a movie called Puss with director Johan Kling, who I admire as a filmmaker and was incredibly fun to work with. Although Swedish is my native language, it’s like five years ago I did a Swedish film. It was really strange, and maybe you can hear a bit of it in the movie.

It could well be a direct link between the Swedish actor’s success in Hollywood and direction as the Swedish film industry has taken. Alexander himself says that he see much, much more talent in Sweden today than when he left it for an international career ten years ago. He takes one of his favorite directors, Roy Andersson, as examples. Roy hires rarely established actor and preferring amateurs. It is therefore unlikely that he would call Skarsgard and offer him a job. In contrast, the young talents Skarsgard long for a project back home in Sweden.
- I really want to return. For ten - fifteen years ago, around the time that I left Sweden for the states, started a new generation of filmmakers to emerge. They do today unique, interesting and fascinating films. When I was in my twenties I did not think there was, at least not as many as today. We had, of course, Lukas Moodysson, whose films are fantastic, but otherwise it was a lot to be desired. He would really like to work with. You just have to find the right projects.

At the moment everything is about to promote Tarzan for Alexander Skarsgard. He finds himself at the front of a renowned ensemble that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie and Christoph Waltz. Australian Margot Robbie plays Jane, but will not be the typical “woman in distress”. Director David Yates has modernized its version of The Legend of Tarzan.
- The basic story is the same. It is about an orphan boy who is raised by apes in the jungle, but instead of telling the story linearly childhood portrayed through flashbacks.

That the script took unexpected turns was something that Alexander liked. He was not interested in portraying a Tarzan in loin cloth swinging in the vines. Instead we see Tarzan as urbane British lord who drink tea with the Prime Minister. When the movie begins Tarzan has been in London for ten years with his wife Jane and returns reluctantly to the jungle. He is afraid to return. Both because of the powerful enemies he amassed while growing up among the vines and tree crowns, but also to his own inner beast to be brought back to life.
- I think it’s something we can all relate to: the duality of man and beast, which is what the film is really about. Naturally, our film that idea to the extreme levels, when we take a well-behaved British lord who returns to being a ape, basically. It may not be something we all deal with in modern society, but it is still possible to relate to, I think. We come from animals, but we must learn how to behave in society today. There is something always fascinated me; when will that animal out, and we can resist when the most primal instincts arrive?

Did you shot the movie in the jungle, and swung in vines?
- No, we recreated the jungle in Watford on two sound stages; we had an African rain forest, colonial villages, quarries and a savannah. All. Then we went of course in the real jungle in Gabon for six weeks. There is a limit to how much one can do with a fake jungle in a studio in Watford.

Even the largest Tarzan fans, who remember a vine swinging Weissmuller doing death-defying swinging between tree crowns, will not be disappointed with The Legend of Tarzan. Alexander is in top physical shape and it will be a lot of climbing in the trees.
The physical was an important aspect and many of the scenes I actually do yourself. But not all. We took a trapeze artist for the most spectacular jumps, and my body was scanned by using 3D technology and Photo shopped on his movements. He was in fact much shorter than I, but made all the moves that would make Tarzan, swinging in the vines and stuff. He was absolutely fantastic.
How trained you to get in such a fit shape?
- It was really tough. Nine months of intense training and strict diet is not that fun. I really like the food, candy, beer and wine. To exclude it completely from my life was really tough. But I looked forward to monitor and explore my own transformation. I wanted to put on a little weight to get bigger but it was also important not to get any kind of Venice Beach Muscle package that leans more towards bodybuilder. Every muscle that Tarzan is there for a reason, they are not there because he wants to show them off. It would be completely illogical.

What do you miss most about True Blood? And are there something you don’t miss?
- I miss my family there. I have never had a work that last seven years. Usually, it has a kind of nomadic life as an actor, where you jump around from one job to another with new groups and formations all the time. It was wonderful to be able to work and socialize with the same people for several months, year in and year out. I have had so many funny moments when I played Eric Northman, who apparently is a really good character. Now that I do not have the series anymore, I can travel to any destination of the world and work with a movie as long as I want - and it’s very liberating. The problem during those seven years is that it was always difficult to squeeze in extra work during the time we had off from the series. I came to a point where it did not work anymore.

If you had an offer, you would play the vampire again?
- No, I’ve done it for seven years and it is not something I strive for.

Will you still stopped on the street by True Blood fans?
- Yes absolutely. The series is still going on television and very popular. We have very passionate fans.

They ask you still to bite them?
- Yes, it happens, which is quite puzzling.

Do you do that then?
- The thing is that if I do it once and it lands on any clip on the net, I will be hunted by the people who think I want to do it all the time. I will be happy taking pictures with fans, but the biting - I don’t do.

When our conversation draws to a close, we start talking about something that is an expatriate Swede heart. he can usually not follow them in place, but monitors online wherever he is in the world. We are talking about the football team Hammarby.

What’s up with your love to Hammarby?
- I never miss a game, he says. If I can’t see a game for various reasons, I follow the live update on the club’s website, which is completely awesome. They are really good at updating every minute of every game, which I’m very happy because I can not always watch the games. It is often that I am on the set and running back and forth between shots bring to see if something happened in the game.

What do you think about the team’s chances this year?

- Unfortunately, they are not great this season. We have not started particularly well located in the bottom of the table. I’m a bit pessimistic and do not believe we will win this year. But I’m very psyched to come home and see them on Tele2 arena.. I still think it’s a great, great experience to see them play live. They are not a top team anymore, but there are still around 20,000 people and sees them every home game. The support and enthusiasm from the fans is unparalleled. I feel so clear that we have a good team, but they need time. Injuries and other circumstances have set it up a little. When I was growing up in the early '90s Hammarby played in Division I against a lot of “farmers team” , as compared to that time we are not so bad today. <<

Thank you so much for the translation. I appreciate you taking the time to do this for us.

I'm really eager for you guys to see War on Everyone and get your take. It is a deeply weird character for him, and the film pushes the edge of random and quirky, but I walked out feeling like he was very smart to do it because the collection of work he has done is quite diverse. And having been to Iceland last year, I recognized every spot he was in (although they fake the infamous Blue Lagoon).

Glad the LoT continues to do well with audiences - wonder if they'll gin up the sequel. They could learn from the reviews here to improve.

I can't wait. This is my type of movie.