Alexander Skarsgård

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Thanks, Vamp, Jooa, OHVamp & Buckeye.:smile:

Alex photographed by Kurt Iswarienko for The Legend of Tarzan.

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From Kurtiswarienko.Photography's Facebook:

Alexander Skarsgård to help with your Wednesday. From Legend of Tarzan. I'd actually been shooting him all morning in other set ups. He was kindly sitting in so I could light this shot for # MargotRobbie. I ended up shooting them both together here because I got quite attached to the mood Alexander was bringing to this set, which was built inside a sound stage and didn't feel real to me until he sat in.

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Santress said:
Thanks, Vamp, Jooa, OHVamp & Buckeye.:smile:

Alex photographed by Kurt Iswarienko for The Legend of Tarzan.

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From Kurtiswarienko.Photography's Facebook:

Alexander Skarsgård to help with your Wednesday. From Legend of Tarzan. I'd actually been shooting him all morning in other set ups. He was kindly sitting in so I could light this shot for # MargotRobbie. I ended up shooting them both together here because I got quite attached to the mood Alexander was bringing to this set, which was built inside a sound stage and didn't feel real to me until he sat in.

https://www.facebook.com/kurtiswari...4118444440184/531328100385885/?type=3&theater

Also shared at:

https://twitter.com/kurtiswarienko/status/765939727149170689

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJNy5KQg_8-/

https://www.instagram.com/kurtiswarienko/
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I really like this photo, Iswarienko took some very very nice photos of Alex during this shoot. I like this quote:

"Alexander Skarsgård to help with your Wednesday. From Legend of Tarzan. I'd actually been shooting him all morning in other set ups. He was kindly sitting in so I could light this shot for # MargotRobbie. I ended up shooting them both together here because I got quite attached to the mood Alexander was bringing to this set, which was built inside a sound stage and didn't feel real to me until he sat in."

Here's more info on The Aftermath book:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ente...2d1c16-4aea-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html

https://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Rhidian-Brook/dp/0307948579

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/31/aftermath-rhidian-brook-review
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/31/aftermath-rhidian-brook-review
So l'm going to take it that he's in talks for this role not because he's really, really ridiculously good looking but because they think he's a good actor?
 
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BuckeyeChicago said:
I really like this photo, Iswarienko took some very very nice photos of Alex during this shoot. I like this quote:

"Alexander Skarsgård to help with your Wednesday. From Legend of Tarzan. I'd actually been shooting him all morning in other set ups. He was kindly sitting in so I could light this shot for # MargotRobbie. I ended up shooting them both together here because I got quite attached to the mood Alexander was bringing to this set, which was built inside a sound stage and didn't feel real to me until he sat in."

Here's more info on The Aftermath book:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ente...2d1c16-4aea-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html

https://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Rhidian-Brook/dp/0307948579

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/31/aftermath-rhidian-brook-review
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/31/aftermath-rhidian-brook-review
So l'm going to take it that he's in talks for this role not because he's really, really ridiculously good looking but because they think he's a good actor?
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Maybe this is is that he is on other people, studio radar after Tarzan? Maybe, hopefully.
 
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VampFan said:
Maybe this is is that he is on other people, studio radar after Tarzan? Maybe, hopefully.
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I think Tarzan has helped get him on other studio's radar, but it also wouldn't be surprising to me if he he'd gotten the script before LOT was released. He's gotten really good reviews for the last two films, so I hope that that, combined with LOT not really flopping, it shows studios that 'hey, maybe we should take a look at this Skarsgard guy!'
And he's not done a historical/period drama yet, has he?
 
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LOT now has a US home video release date of October 11:
http://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/6045/The-Legend-of-Tarzan-2016.html

"Sometimes you can smell the prestige potential of a project coming from a mile away. Before a single frame has been shot, such a vibe is already apparent from “The Aftermath.” Fox Searchlight has snapped up the rights to the picture, and it’s easy to see the appeal.
Produced by Ridley Scott, with James Kent (“Testament Of Youth“) to direct and Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgard slated to star...
Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel (who paired up on “Race” and “Frankie & Alice“) are penning the script, and I can only imagine this film is being assembled as a potential awards vehicle.
http://theplaylist.net/keira-knightley-alexander-skarsgard-team-aftermath-20160818/

Jason Clarke is also in talks and I'm presuming he'll play the husband of KK's character.
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/j...-alexander-skarsgard-ridley-scott-1201839618/
 
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One of the news items I read said that Alex would be playing the part of the British Colonel which would be the husband of the Keira Knightley character. I agree, though, I would have thought of him as the German character. Has anyone heard for sure what character he would play?
 
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Julia_W said:
One of the news items I read said that Alex would be playing the part of the British Colonel which would be the husband of the Keira Knightley character. I agree, though, I would have thought of him as the German character. Has anyone heard for sure what character he would play?
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I'm making cultural/accent presumptions when I say I think he's playing the German and not the Brit. I've also not read the book so can't make presumptions off of that.
And no, it's not been stated which character he's playing. Neither Variety nor Deadline, which are the original sources for this info, stated the roles that Jason Clarke and Alex are in talks for.
 
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They're not going to have a guy that looks like Alex and make him the husband. You have to make the audience believe the Kiera Knightley's character would actually want to be with someone else besides her husband.
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That's how my thinking went. Then,there's the question of the whole German rich guy who lives in what is basically a mansion. Given the time period and the nature of German society at that time this character would be sophisticated, suave and socially graceful. Remind you of anyone? He should to be Aryan too for obvious reasons. There's going to be conflict here regarding the war and the German character should visually represent the Master Race that lay at the crux of Hitler's brand of Nazism and his new world order. That would be Alex.

After that, there is the fact that it's the German who has the teenage daughter. Who do we know that has such good chemistry with children? Even though this one is a teenager( the girl in Diary of a Teenage Girl was supposed to be a teenager around 13-14) Alex with his experience with children of all ages ( on and off screen) is a natural to build the necessary chemistry with the actress.

Then ,of course,we just have to get back to the handsome sexy one that Knightly's character has an affair with. Who is more seductive? Jason Clarke or Alex? Who will audience want to watch in a bedroom scene? No need to even answer. We know the answer and so do the film makers. Besides the husband is a kind of sincere Boy Scout type who has no idea about the powder keg he's creating not only in his own home but in the larger social world around him. I don't think Alex would be attracted to playing that kind of character. But the German? A man who was used to a life of wealth and privilege,considering himself above it all, who has fallen so from grace that he is now dependent on the good will of his previous enemy to allow him to stay in his own home. A man whoose pride has been crushed ,as well as his heart, by the loss of his position,most likely his wealth and his wife.A , who now must keep a stiff upper lip as he negotiates his and his daughters survival in the aftermath of WWII and somehow ingratiates himself with the hostile wife of his host and benefactor. We all know how well Alex does inner suffering and angst as well as unleashed passion. So,yes.there is every reason to believe Alex will play the German.
 
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Maybe they broke up?

ETA: He is still in Sweden!
"New Photo Of #AlexanderSkarsgard With Friends in Sweden Today - August 19, 2016 ( lill_lindqvist - Instagram)"
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https://twitter.com/Skarsgard_Love/status/766733728613822464
 
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Kitkath70 said:
I wonder where Alex is? Alexa and her crew are sailing around on a yacht for Nick Grimshaw's birthday. Hanging out on a boat seems like something Alex would enjoy. He's turning 40 on Thursday, you would think the GF would be around or planning a party for him. They have a weird relationship.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...rip-bikini-clad-pal-Pixie-Geldof-Majorca.html
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djuna1 said:
Maybe they broke up?

ETA: He is still in Sweden!
"New Photo Of #AlexanderSkarsgard With Friends in Sweden Today - August 19, 2016 ( lill_lindqvist - Instagram)"
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https://twitter.com/Skarsgard_Love/status/766733728613822464
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It's nice to see him spend this much time back home, it doesn't seem that he's spent this much time there since the end of LOT filming.
I am a little surprised to see that he's not with her in Spain, they did the group Spanish vacation thing together last year. But they've also shown that they can spend a few weeks apart, though that usually seems work related. So I think they're still together.
And unless it's my imagination he doesn't seem to have spent as much time with her friends as he did last year, through the January vacation. At least not friends like Pixie and Poppy Whatshername. Often if they've been photographed with friends it seems he's got more of his friends with him than last year, Marc Menchaca especially (I'm presuming he lives in NYC). Not that I'm complaining about this, I've mentioned before it's not that I actually dislike her closest friends, but I find them boring. I'd rather see more of Fares than of Poppy :)
 
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Last year Alex was with Alexa and her friends only 3 or 4 days together in Spain and after that time he flew to Sweden (he was at WOW and later somewhere in the countryside) she spent almost two weeks there without him so I guess this year they did similar thing. He is with his friends in Sweden and she is with hers in Spain.
 
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It's nice that they each can spend time with their own friends and occasionally intermingle. But at some point, especially after 1 1/2 years, wouldn't you want to take a really amazing trip alone with your man? All the trips they've had others with them. More her friends than his. She may be worse than he is in that respect.
 
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