Michael & Alicia Fassbender ~ A Loving Couple Thread

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She said: 'I knew that celebrity was a side-product of my career choice, and it's totally worth it if I get to do what I love, but it's not something that I feel very comfortable with. I've spoken to a lot of actors who have taught me that it is a choice. I believe that staying private is something you can choose, and it is certainly the choice I'm making.'
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But I thought she was ready to be more known? LOL, bactracking since being 'honest' didn't work out quite like she expected.
 
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Chloe302225 said:
She can be more known professionally without becoming tabloid fodder. There are alot actors out there that alot people know only by their work and not by their personal lives.
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There are, but being known purely for her work and not her personal life is not the tactic she initially chose, and it sort of backfired on her. She can switch it up, that's fine, it's just also pretty hilarious too. At least her team finally figured out that's what they needed to do. Although I think it's too late. I mean, she's going to be known as the Thinking Man's Blake Lively Who Got Famous Because She Dated Michael Fassbender for awhile. First impressions count.
 
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Kyoko Karenina said:
There are, but being known purely for her work and not her personal life is not the tactic she initially chose, and it sort of backfired on her. She can switch it up, that's fine, it's just also pretty hilarious too. At least her team finally figured out that's what they needed to do. Although I think it's too late. I mean, she's going to be known as the Thinking Man's Blake Lively Who Got Famous Because She Dated Michael Fassbender for awhile. First impressions count.
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With reference to your statement "being known purely for her work and not her personal life is not the tactic she initially chose, and it sort of backfired on her". I'm not aware of her ever discussing her personal life; are you able to provide anything to back up your claim? Links to interviews?

Outside of a very small group of people who make no bones about their dislike of her, and who are almost exclusively Fassbender fans, she is not known the way you describe at all. Recently Allie 28 took the trouble to disprove this myth by citing tweets about Alicia and they were very positive and complimentary. Most people seem to regard her as a very promising and talented actress and there are a lot of men who find her extremely attractive and envy Michael having her.
 
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I love this photoshoot. Stunning pictures. Great hair and make up and great dresses.

In what way is Alicia using Michael to get fame? A part from answering work related questions about him she hasn't even mentioned his name. Interviewers like this one here : http://youtu.be/CFP8GJ5tL5E (around the three-minute mark) try to get her to spill even though she made it clear just seconds earlier that she wants to keep it private. She has never confirmed any of her previous relationships either, Gustav and her never got public. The only time she did address any rumours was when people kept bugging her about Alexander Skarsgard to a point where she had enough. Pretending like journalists mentioning Michael in interviews is Alicia's doing is ridiculous, do you think Guy Ritchie keeps telling journalist to refer to him as "Madonnas ex-husband"? It's how journalist get readers attention. And yes, we all know Michael is more famous then Alicia and that "no one even knows who she is" yadayadayada, but clearly there are people who are interrested in making interviews with her for whatever reason, accept it. And knowing Alicia from more then just LSA gossip I'm guessing she gets really irritated everytime she reads her own interviews and Michael is mentioned without any reason.

Dispite what you believe Alicia and Michael is in a relationship so they are going to be seen together. That's kind of part of the deal if they want to keep living normal lives. But there is a huge difference between beeing seen together and "using the relationship" or talking about it. Get over it.
 
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jcsepjj said:
I love this photoshoot. Stunning pictures. Great hair and make up and great dresses.

In what way is Alicia using Michael to get fame? A part from answering work related questions about him she hasn't even mentioned his name. Interviewers like this one here : http://youtu.be/CFP8GJ5tL5E (around the three-minute mark) try to get her to spill even though she made it clear just seconds earlier that she wants to keep it private. She has never confirmed any of her previous relationships either, Gustav and her never got public. The only time she did address any rumours was when people kept bugging her about Alexander Skarsgard to a point where she had enough. Pretending like journalists mentioning Michael in interviews is Alicia's doing is ridiculous, do you think Guy Ritchie keeps telling journalist to refer to him as "Madonnas ex-husband"? It's how journalist get readers attention. And yes, we all know Michael is more famous then Alicia and that "no one even knows who she is" yadayadayada, but clearly there are people who are interrested in making interviews with her for whatever reason, accept it. And knowing Alicia from more then just LSA gossip I'm guessing she gets really irritated everytime she reads her own interviews and Michael is mentioned without any reason.

Dispite what you believe Alicia and Michael is in a relationship so they are going to be seen together. That's kind of part of the deal if they want to keep living normal lives. But there is a huge difference between beeing seen together and "using the relationship" or talking about it. Get over it.
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Excellent post - totally agree. And thanks for posting this interview with Alicia, I hadn't seen it before. Nor had I seen one where the interviewer actually tries to bait her to talk about Michael! As you say, as is always the case, she deftly sidesteps the questions and says nothing about him. Quite in contrast to those who accuse her of using Michael to promote herself. Same as the accusations that she's a "Weinstein girl" despite the fact that none of the films she made before she and Michael became an item were from the HWG. It's very amusing to read the stuff currently being discussed on Michael's page; only last month certain people there were pronouncing that Michael and Alicia's relationship was either partly or wholly PR with Harvey feverishly promoting them as a hot couple. Now that Macbeth has no festival or US release date as yet, the line is that HW doesn't care about Michael at all and only bought the rights to the American distribution to prevent it damaging the chances of his favoured actors/films. So where now is the incentive for him to promote Michael & Alicia??? Funny how the contradiction hasn't been acknowledged on Michael's thread.... Some people will choose to believe any nonsense rather than face the truth that Michael and Alicia are in a real relationship and yes, they really do need to get over it!
 
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Kyoko Karenina said:
There are, but being known purely for her work and not her personal life is not the tactic she initially chose, and it sort of backfired on her. She can switch it up, that's fine, it's just also pretty hilarious too. At least her team finally figured out that's what they needed to do. Although I think it's too late. I mean, she's going to be known as the Thinking Man's Blake Lively Who Got Famous Because She Dated Michael Fassbender for awhile. First impressions count.
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That was said about her once in an interview and then again never repeated so to say she will be known as that is a bit of a stetch isnt it ? First impressions do count and given the amount of interviews she has done that most likely will not be the intial reaction. I think a telling sign is that the Dailymail did not repeat it. They have a habit repeating anything slightly negative if it means more clicks to the article no matter how old the issue is.
 
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There will always be people who remember that one (or two) negative article in the beginning of an actor's career that they base their dislike on and ignore everything that came after that. If you really want to dislike someone you will always find something. It's like tilting at windmills. There's no point in trying to convince them otherwise.
 
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