The Northman star looks back at his most formative films (and Frappuccinos).
song…. it was all very surreal.
I was barely an actor I was on vacation in Hollywood when I got the job.
Paramount Pictures; HBO; Aiden Monaghan/Focus Features; Jonathan Olley/Warner Bros.; Paul Schiraldi/HBO; Getty Images
It was my first audition.
And obviously, the infamous gasoline fight was a lot of fun."
“No,” he deadpans.
Paramount Pictures
“We’re all Method actors.
So we used real gasoline, obviously.”
And if anyone’s familiar with their style of filmmaking, it is very authentic and genuine.
Paul Schiraldi/HBO
“There are a couple of sounds that Swedes often get wrong,” the actor admits.
“‘Viking’ versus ‘Wiking’ is one.
‘Zombie’ versus ‘Sombie.’
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That S-Z sound.”
“He probably already had Eric in mind.
But anything for the art,” he laughs.
Magnolia Pictures
“I actually worked with Lars for literally three seconds on the eve of the millennium.
He was shooting a crazy project in Copenhagen live over New Year’s Eve,” " he remembers.
“I had a tiny little part, it was literally a couple of seconds.
Sam Emerson/Sony Pictures Classics
“But at the time,The Diary of a Teenage Girlwas her first film.
And not a small budget film, but a tiny, tiny budget film.
That project would not have reached me through the traditional channels of agents or managers.
Jonathan Olley/Warner Bros.
I think it’s pretty cool.
And she wants you to play this character.
Would you want to read it?'”
Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/HBO
Of course, I said yes.
And I read it and I absolutely loved it.”
I got to have a lot of fun together with the costume designer and the hair and makeup department.
Alexander Skarsgård in ‘The Northman’.Aidan Monaghan / Focus Features, LLC
It was absolutely wonderful."
“And I learned a lot from that experience of working with him.
He’s an incredible filmmaker and just a very sweet, gentle soul.
“It wasn’t lazy in the way it was portrayed.
It wasn’t cliche.
Again, he’s not a cartoon.
He’s not a caricature.
There’s complexity there.
And he’s a great dad.
They have a really strong connection.
They have a great love life, sex life.
There’s a passion there.
“Working with Nicole onBig Little Lieswas one of the absolute highlights of my career.
It’s another very dark twisted, weird, dysfunctional relationship.
