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A simple joy
Her cascading laughter is contagious, and she will laugh often during this interview, without malice. Actress and Vuitton's face, she talks to us from England about Gloria Steinem and feminism, from her psychiatrist father and her actress mother, before, without a doubt, to go to Lisbon, where she lives with her husband, actor Michael Fassbender. Alicia Vikander loves the movement of life and the rustling of existence.
By Fabrice Gaignault -- Photo Thomas Whiteside -- Styling Anne-Sophie Thomas
Alicia is in the car. Definitely. Does she ever leave her car? A little over a year ago, in a previous interview, we had not missed anything in New York and its monstrous traffic jams. There, place to England where traffic, by the ear, seems that day pretty quiet. The Swedish actress, who is also a Vuitton ambassador, is a citizen of the world, running from a film set in Japan for the scary Earthquake bird * to a biopic in the United States to portray feminist young Gloria Steinem. It's easy to imagine that after England, she wanted to meet her husband, the actor Michael Fassbender, in their home in Lisbon, a city where everyone leaves them alone and they love quiet beauty. and somewhat melancholy. Alicia Vikander has fluid conversation, contagious laughter, beautiful breakaway.
- Behind the collaboration with Louis Vuitton, we feel a great friendly complicity with Nicolas Ghesquière.
Yes, I love the man and his clothes. His creations are like armor, they protect me and help me to be strong. Her clothes give me strength and confidence in me.
-Nicolas Ghesquière said that what he likes about you is that you do not compromise. But is it possible? Each of us must, to live or survive, make compromises, right?
Yes, I agree with you. I do not think I'm up to such a compliment! (She laughs.) We are all obliged to make more or less great compromises in existence. The most important thing is not to deny who you are. It is impossible to advance in life without accepting this idea.
-Accepting compromises does not prevent risk taking, right?
Yes quite. I think I like taking risks as I admire those who know how to take risks. Artistic trades are trades where you have to jump into the water if you want to get results. It's like Nicolas's job. It's not just a collection of clothes. Behind that, there are risks, a vision that is unlike any other. All is linked to him: his vision of the world, his knowledge of architecture, his sense of volumes, he has created his own universe and a universe for every woman. I love him so much. He has kept his feet on the ground, he is humble and he is interested in others, which is not so common in this business.
- It inspires you to want to launch your own capsule someday?
Oh no, I'm bad at drawing! At the Pictionary, my drawings are so pathetic that no one can guess what I want to represent! (She laughs.) So let's not fall for styling. I am however very involved in the decoration. I love that. I took care of the renovation and decoration of the two houses I own with my husband. I love to bloom, too. On the other hand, I think I would like to draw furniture later. One of the first magazines I bought at the age of 13 was a home decor and interior design magazine.
- In "Earthquake bird", you speak Japanese at times. It was not too hard to integrate a language so fast?
Yes, not easy! I learned and rehearsed my aftershocks in Japanese every morning during the long makeup and hairstyling session. I had discovered Japan a few years ago and I was so intrigued by the local culture that I only thought about going back longer. But for that, I had to find a work that justifies my presence and this proposal to shoot in this film noir - indeed an excellent script of departure, is very well fallen.
- You just played the famous feminist American Gloria Steinem in her youth. Did you know his life and his fights before turning?
I knew of course her name but not really her work. I have since discovered her main texts and the extraordinary impact she has had and continues to have on generations of women concerned with defending and developing the achievements of feminism.
- Did you meet her before the shoot?
Oh yes! (She laughs.)
- Why are you laughing?
Because you cannot imagine which woman is Gloria. She is simply amazing. We were very intimidated with Julianne (Moore, who plays older Gloria Steinem, ed) when we met her for the first time. She is 85 years old but continues to chase meetings and meetings, to write books, articles, to fight for the right of women as the first day. She will never stop. It is an extraordinary model of missionary for the good cause. She's one of the smartest women I've ever met.
-Has she changed your view of feminism?
I would not say that. On the other hand, she has increased my interest in the subject. It shows that one must never give up one's ideals and fight constantly for what one believes. With a warmth and cheerfulness that never left her. One cannot escape one's enormous personality when one meets her. She loves you.
- How much did your psychiatrist father have an influence on the construction of your personality?
I am often asked this question, not just journalists, and I understand why. The strangest thing is that, younger, I did not think about it. My father has this rare gift of listening and talking through his silences. He is the world champion of listening. When I happen to have a slack, or to be a little depressed, a simple phone call is enough to feel better. The mere fact of calling it, of unpacking everything without intervening so much, remotive me in an incredible way. He came to see me while filming Earthquake bird in Japan and I remember the director saying: »This man told me made me talk for two hours, as I never did with anyone, without him saying a word or almost and it is only at the end that I understood that it was your father and he was a psychiatrist! He is really strong! »
- It changes these Ores taking all the space.
Yes, he knows how to put the others to raise and leaves them free in conversations. He likes to scout without any meeting being a meeting with a patient. (She laughs) No, it's in her nature, that's all.
- He taught you to speak in a certain way.
Yes, it taught me to express my feelings and, more importantly, to follow my own path without ever judging or opposing myself.
- And with your mother, what kind of relationship do you have?
We are very close. She is herself a comedian. Since I was very young, she introduced me to the art world by taking me to moguls, seeing theater shows, ballets, reading books and even seeing Indiana Jones! (She laughs.)
- You say that you have made a carapace to hide your anxieties and a natural nervousness lurking at the bottom of you ...
Yes, but I do not think it's exceptional. Each of us has to deal with our moods, with our own internal questions. Being bothered by what I do does not stop me from to feel at bottom very unsure of me. These are the two sides of the same coin. But I'm very careful not to reveal anything when I'm excited about a project.
- In "I am easy to find the adapted film of a conceptual album of the group The National, you interpret a woman, from birth to death, without disguise.
Yes, it was a strange challenge to put myself in the shoes of a woman for twenty minutes at all important moments of her life. It's sometimes cheerful, sometimes less, sometimes very dark, but that's the way each of us lives, right?
- How do you protect yourself from your great celebrity?
By doing nothing to stir him up. I live part of the year in Lisbon with my mar a city that is the absolute opposite of Los Angeles. In Lisbon, you are fooled by peace and there is no superficial super-bidding in the race for the celebrity. It was Michael who convinced me to move there. There are some very good friends, life is cool and unpretentious and I must say that I do not regret. It is a city in full cultural effèvescence.
- As a young woman, you have failed three times at the entrance to a school of dramatic art. Will you consider your planetary success as a revenge?
No, on the contrary, I take it as a sign of destiny. If I had incorporated this school, God knows what I would have become. A theater actress with the aleas that it entails, but without the exciting life I'm having today. Chance did things right. A year after these failures, I found myself in a film that launched my career (Lisa Langseth's Pure, ed).
- You will soon be 31 years old. Is maternity in your thoughts?
Yes, of course, but it's not a new desire for me. I have always known that I will one day build a family. I look forward. Let nature do, but yes ... absolutely ... one day sarement.
A simple joy
Her cascading laughter is contagious, and she will laugh often during this interview, without malice. Actress and Vuitton's face, she talks to us from England about Gloria Steinem and feminism, from her psychiatrist father and her actress mother, before, without a doubt, to go to Lisbon, where she lives with her husband, actor Michael Fassbender. Alicia Vikander loves the movement of life and the rustling of existence.
By Fabrice Gaignault -- Photo Thomas Whiteside -- Styling Anne-Sophie Thomas
Alicia is in the car. Definitely. Does she ever leave her car? A little over a year ago, in a previous interview, we had not missed anything in New York and its monstrous traffic jams. There, place to England where traffic, by the ear, seems that day pretty quiet. The Swedish actress, who is also a Vuitton ambassador, is a citizen of the world, running from a film set in Japan for the scary Earthquake bird * to a biopic in the United States to portray feminist young Gloria Steinem. It's easy to imagine that after England, she wanted to meet her husband, the actor Michael Fassbender, in their home in Lisbon, a city where everyone leaves them alone and they love quiet beauty. and somewhat melancholy. Alicia Vikander has fluid conversation, contagious laughter, beautiful breakaway.
- Behind the collaboration with Louis Vuitton, we feel a great friendly complicity with Nicolas Ghesquière.
Yes, I love the man and his clothes. His creations are like armor, they protect me and help me to be strong. Her clothes give me strength and confidence in me.
-Nicolas Ghesquière said that what he likes about you is that you do not compromise. But is it possible? Each of us must, to live or survive, make compromises, right?
Yes, I agree with you. I do not think I'm up to such a compliment! (She laughs.) We are all obliged to make more or less great compromises in existence. The most important thing is not to deny who you are. It is impossible to advance in life without accepting this idea.
-Accepting compromises does not prevent risk taking, right?
Yes quite. I think I like taking risks as I admire those who know how to take risks. Artistic trades are trades where you have to jump into the water if you want to get results. It's like Nicolas's job. It's not just a collection of clothes. Behind that, there are risks, a vision that is unlike any other. All is linked to him: his vision of the world, his knowledge of architecture, his sense of volumes, he has created his own universe and a universe for every woman. I love him so much. He has kept his feet on the ground, he is humble and he is interested in others, which is not so common in this business.
- It inspires you to want to launch your own capsule someday?
Oh no, I'm bad at drawing! At the Pictionary, my drawings are so pathetic that no one can guess what I want to represent! (She laughs.) So let's not fall for styling. I am however very involved in the decoration. I love that. I took care of the renovation and decoration of the two houses I own with my husband. I love to bloom, too. On the other hand, I think I would like to draw furniture later. One of the first magazines I bought at the age of 13 was a home decor and interior design magazine.
- In "Earthquake bird", you speak Japanese at times. It was not too hard to integrate a language so fast?
Yes, not easy! I learned and rehearsed my aftershocks in Japanese every morning during the long makeup and hairstyling session. I had discovered Japan a few years ago and I was so intrigued by the local culture that I only thought about going back longer. But for that, I had to find a work that justifies my presence and this proposal to shoot in this film noir - indeed an excellent script of departure, is very well fallen.
- You just played the famous feminist American Gloria Steinem in her youth. Did you know his life and his fights before turning?
I knew of course her name but not really her work. I have since discovered her main texts and the extraordinary impact she has had and continues to have on generations of women concerned with defending and developing the achievements of feminism.
- Did you meet her before the shoot?
Oh yes! (She laughs.)
- Why are you laughing?
Because you cannot imagine which woman is Gloria. She is simply amazing. We were very intimidated with Julianne (Moore, who plays older Gloria Steinem, ed) when we met her for the first time. She is 85 years old but continues to chase meetings and meetings, to write books, articles, to fight for the right of women as the first day. She will never stop. It is an extraordinary model of missionary for the good cause. She's one of the smartest women I've ever met.
-Has she changed your view of feminism?
I would not say that. On the other hand, she has increased my interest in the subject. It shows that one must never give up one's ideals and fight constantly for what one believes. With a warmth and cheerfulness that never left her. One cannot escape one's enormous personality when one meets her. She loves you.
- How much did your psychiatrist father have an influence on the construction of your personality?
I am often asked this question, not just journalists, and I understand why. The strangest thing is that, younger, I did not think about it. My father has this rare gift of listening and talking through his silences. He is the world champion of listening. When I happen to have a slack, or to be a little depressed, a simple phone call is enough to feel better. The mere fact of calling it, of unpacking everything without intervening so much, remotive me in an incredible way. He came to see me while filming Earthquake bird in Japan and I remember the director saying: »This man told me made me talk for two hours, as I never did with anyone, without him saying a word or almost and it is only at the end that I understood that it was your father and he was a psychiatrist! He is really strong! »
- It changes these Ores taking all the space.
Yes, he knows how to put the others to raise and leaves them free in conversations. He likes to scout without any meeting being a meeting with a patient. (She laughs) No, it's in her nature, that's all.
- He taught you to speak in a certain way.
Yes, it taught me to express my feelings and, more importantly, to follow my own path without ever judging or opposing myself.
- And with your mother, what kind of relationship do you have?
We are very close. She is herself a comedian. Since I was very young, she introduced me to the art world by taking me to moguls, seeing theater shows, ballets, reading books and even seeing Indiana Jones! (She laughs.)
- You say that you have made a carapace to hide your anxieties and a natural nervousness lurking at the bottom of you ...
Yes, but I do not think it's exceptional. Each of us has to deal with our moods, with our own internal questions. Being bothered by what I do does not stop me from to feel at bottom very unsure of me. These are the two sides of the same coin. But I'm very careful not to reveal anything when I'm excited about a project.
- In "I am easy to find the adapted film of a conceptual album of the group The National, you interpret a woman, from birth to death, without disguise.
Yes, it was a strange challenge to put myself in the shoes of a woman for twenty minutes at all important moments of her life. It's sometimes cheerful, sometimes less, sometimes very dark, but that's the way each of us lives, right?
- How do you protect yourself from your great celebrity?
By doing nothing to stir him up. I live part of the year in Lisbon with my mar a city that is the absolute opposite of Los Angeles. In Lisbon, you are fooled by peace and there is no superficial super-bidding in the race for the celebrity. It was Michael who convinced me to move there. There are some very good friends, life is cool and unpretentious and I must say that I do not regret. It is a city in full cultural effèvescence.
- As a young woman, you have failed three times at the entrance to a school of dramatic art. Will you consider your planetary success as a revenge?
No, on the contrary, I take it as a sign of destiny. If I had incorporated this school, God knows what I would have become. A theater actress with the aleas that it entails, but without the exciting life I'm having today. Chance did things right. A year after these failures, I found myself in a film that launched my career (Lisa Langseth's Pure, ed).
- You will soon be 31 years old. Is maternity in your thoughts?
Yes, of course, but it's not a new desire for me. I have always known that I will one day build a family. I look forward. Let nature do, but yes ... absolutely ... one day sarement.
Finally, here is the trailer for Earthquake Bird.
Hopefully everyone can view this one from Netflix Asia. The one embedded in the EW article below is unavailable in Europe.
https://ew.com/trailers/2019/10/09/earthquake-bird-trailer-alicia-vikander/
Hopefully everyone can view this one from Netflix Asia. The one embedded in the EW article below is unavailable in Europe.
https://ew.com/trailers/2019/10/09/earthquake-bird-trailer-alicia-vikander/
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I give her credit for being honest in the interview and saying she didn't know a lot about Gloria Steinhem before doing that movie. But it does make me scratch my head to wonder how she's talked in the past about being a strong feminist, but didn't know much about one of the great icons of the feminist movement.
There're some really gorgeous shots,and the story seems very intruguing. Very curious to see how it turned out.
Westmoreland on Alicia:
“Working with Alicia was kind of a dream,” the filmmaker tells EW. “The part was very demanding. About 20 percent of it is in Japanese, so we needed an actor who would actually study and learn Japanese by rote so she could pull off these scenes. Alicia has just such a high standard of excellence for everything she does, and she completely aced that part of the challenge. But also, just on a day-to-day level, she’s such a complex and interesting actress, and she always brings so much depth and nuance to every scene.”
One thing doesn't exclude the other. Personally speaking,I've been reading more extensively about the feminist movement(s) over the past few years. But if you asked me about it five or six years ago,I would have definitely told you that I was a feminist because I supported the core values of gender equality. I think it's the same for her.
Great! Please,report back!
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