Alexander Skarsgård

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New promo stills shared today (March 9, 2017) of Alex in BLL's episode 4: Push Comes to Shove:

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Sources: Medium.com

https://medium.com/hbo-cinemax-pr/big-little-lies-episodes-c672b0ff6ca9#.44ieoek8i

via

HBOPR twitter

https://twitter.com/HBOPR/status/839961842923540480

HBO also shared a clip from this week's episode ("Do Not Let Them Get to You") on YouTube:



The second shot if very 2011 GQ shoot. He's really really good looking in BLL, pity Perry's such an abusive a-hole.

It's not so much that she was asked about the sex scenes, it's that the DJ's really just saw the sex as rough sex and not the abuse behind it. The Perry/Celeste sex scenes have that dynamic because of the violence/abuse, so you can't really have it 'without'.
 
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New fan pic! From ASN:

Fan photo of Alex at Alforno Bakery & Cafe (March 11, 2017, Calgary, Alberta, Canada):

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“When @kayleygallaher stopped talking completely mid sentence and I look back and see #Alexander Skarsgard (Tarzan) sitting behind us reading a script.... He was so nice and gracious. #I look homeless.”

-michelledagenais instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRhTulsF4Da/?taken-by=michelledagenais
 
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He looks so different with that short hair! He is styling it really weird. Also, the hair looks reddish?!! Or maybe its just the filter the instagram user used. Vernon in the book is supposed to have yellow (blonde) hair.
 
Another stellar episode. I read the book and I think they (David Kelley, et al) are doing a great job adapting it. For me tonight's ep was really strong with the women's performances. Also if anyone is interested in the house porn they show, you might like this.

http://nypost.com/2017/02/27/inside-the-real-estate-porn-of-big-little-lies/

Also, GoT great commercial before the show. Lots of good stuff tonight.
 
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He looks so different with that short hair! He is styling it really weird. Also, the hair looks reddish?!! Or maybe its just the filter the instagram user used. Vernon in the book is supposed to have yellow (blonde) hair.
This being Alex, when it's this short his 'styling' probably consists of towel drying it and running a brush/comb through it. :p
As for the color, looks like the dark blonde it usually gets during winter.

Precisely.

Obviously, I've always thought his acting was impressive, but his performance has been mind-blowing.

His acting really has been noticed for this, which is nice for those of us who thought he's been a good actor all along.

Celeste’s exhilaration, then, makes perfect sense, especially as she’s in a situation where she has likely felt trapped. There are few better feelings than to believe you’re doing a good job as a mother, but victories in professional life, with people we aren’t actually related to, resonate strongly as well. That whole meeting scene was nicely done, with Renata facing off against Celeste and Madeline on the other side of the table, Madeline’s feeble attempts to go off, the attempted down-home regular-guy efforts of the mayor, and Celeste’s ultimate complete command of the entire situation.

It’s that power aspect that Celeste’s husband Perry most objects to. Such is the acting chops of Alexander Skarsgård that we start to tense up now pretty much every time he enters a room, he’s steeped in so much menace. This episode deftly played that up slowly, until the final grab at the end. Celeste is saved by one of her sons, who must be taking in much more than they realize.

http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/big-little-lies-wages-mommy-wars-251926

I've seen this in viewer comments over the last couple of weeks, that Perry enters a scene and they tense up because they don't know what he's going to do.
 
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One of the most powerful tools in an abuser’s arsenal is control. They can isolate until you truly believe there is no one else to turn to, no life of your own, no room to breathe under their firm grasp. I thought of this watching Celeste try and fail to maneuver around Perry’s anger. He focuses with such laser precision on his target that he charges the air in every scene. “If you go to pieces again whose going to put you back together?” Perry asks. He’s using her past anxiety against her. Any fault or misstep becomes a hammer he can use to chisel Celeste into the sculpture of the docile mother and wife he requires she aspires to be.
Celeste isn’t satisfied with merely orbiting Perry and their children. Six years of servicing everyone’s needs but her own has her feeling empty. But Perry makes it difficult to leave. Every violent outburst is soon followed by riveting sex and some gesture of kindness. It’s enough for Celeste to believe that maybe he can change. But it’s really just another turn in the cycle of abuse Perry has had her spinning in for so long. Big Little Lies is smart to hold such focus on Celeste’s life. It’s her story that perfectly contrasts the enviable beauty of his upperclass world of characters and the horror lurking beneath the lacquered surfaces of their beautiful lives. She’s the best example of how women buck against the narrow boxes of identity afforded to them by children, partners, and society at large.
http://www.refinery29.com/2017/03/140949/big-little-lies-recap-episode-4

It’s no wonder she’d buried the lawyer, the woman, and the individual inside her for so long. Perry makes it clear when he questions Celeste about her involvement in the case that he doesn’t approve of her working. Then, in their impeccable walk-in closet, hauntingly surrounded by the spoils of their wealth, he reminds her of the stress that led her to leave law in the first place, subtly threatening her with a reminder of the mental-health issues she once suffered as a result. Their situation had appeared confusingly consensual in previous episode, as if Perry and Celeste’s relationship was perhaps more complicated than aggressor and victim. Indeed, when she retorts, “You gonna hit me now?” he genuinely questions her, “Do you want me to hit you, Celeste?” But now Perry is using every tool in his kit — sex, manipulation, promises of another child — to keep Celeste just where he wants her: in striking distance. When he viciously grabs her neck at the end of the episode, just as one of the twins is entering their bedroom, the act of violence feels poised to spin out of their control and out of their bedroom.
www.vulture.com/2017/03/big-little-lies-recap-episode-4-push-comes-to-shove.html
 
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From The Library:

Throwback Tuesday photos - oldies but goodies of younger Alex!

Sources:

1. Shared today (March 14, 2017) by Studio Aanensen (Terje Aanensen) on instagram:

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“’Pictures out from the vault’ Alexander Skardsgård •Photo by Louise wiker •Styling by Studio Aanensen/ -Helmot Lang/ Gucci •Hair cut and colour by Terje.”

-studioaanensen instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRnVLB0lXDM/?taken-by=studioaanensen

2. Shared by Studio Aanensen on Facebook on July 11, 2013:

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“Alexander Skarsgård is my hair model around 2000 in Stockholm .This is before going to The Loreal studio for hairdressers. His hair is razer cut and made slightly blonder. He is as nice to look at as to be around.....)).”

-Studioterje.Aanensen Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...650363.-2207520000.1489487275.&type=3&theater
 
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I really love BLL, the book is great and so is the HBO's adaptation. I've just checked - this year’s Emmys ceremony takes place on September 17. The nominations will be announced on July 13. I really hope the show scores some nods!
Eligibility ends May 31. Nomination voting runs June 12 through June 26. Award voting runs August 14 through August 28. That's fairly advantageous timing for BLL, since people tend to have short memories.
 
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