Alexander Skarsgard: Sweden's TT Spektra

Alexander met with Sweden’s TT Spectra for an interview, translated as follows:

Before the third season, the popularity of the vampire series “True Blood” has gone through the roof.

And Alexander Skarsgård has become a Hollywood name to be seriously reckoned with. “The team has become my surrogate family, ‘” he told Sweden’s TT Spectra.

It was last summer when it happened. Season two of the HBO series “True Blood” was first broadcasted in the U.S. while Alexander Skarsgård, vampire Eric, was home on vacation. Then he went to San Diego for the Comic Con exhibition where he would participate in a panel discussion on the series.In the hall waited thousands of fans.

 

“It was totally absurd. People had flown in from other countries. We just laughed; it was impossible to understand what had happened. I’m still confused.

For Alexander Skarsgård himself, this means that “True Blood” becoming a hit has intensified coverage of him. But he still can, he says, “go and buy food in Los Angeles without any major problems”.

 

“It is unrealistic to live as you want and do not change their daily lives. I do not send people to buy milk. People come up and want autographs and take pictures. But they are cute and humble and apologize. I have no crazy stalkers after me (laughs). And I am flattered that they think so much about the series.

Alexander has just finished shooting the feature film “Straw Dogs” in which he plays against, among others, James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and legend James Woods ( “He played my football coach. He’s totally cool, eccentric and intense as hell.”) Now he awaits the filming of “True Blood” season three.

 

-I will meet the press in London about the first two seasons, then I’ll return to LA and try out costumes for season three. It feels very nice. We have become close to each other in the team, they have become my surrogate family.

 

‘Playing’ with Dad

But already during the Stockholm International Film Festival which begins on Wednesday, you can at least get to hear Alexander Skarsgård in a new role. He has given his voice to one of the key figures in Swedish animated “Metropia” - like his father Stellan. The film has full theatrical release on 27 November.

“I think I was the first in the film as the voice, it was two years ago. The scene of my father, he went in and did two months later. But it was damn cool to see our stage in the theater.

 

Erik Helmerson / TT spectra

 

Facts / Alexander Skarsgård on …

… favorite team Hammarby Exodus from headlines:

“It’s been tough. I always check the results online, but when they went out, I was in Sweden and saw the match in a bar. We knew early where Bajare would end up, but as I am used to it. When I started walking, 1991 — 92, we were in second division and playing against the Tramway and Vasalund. We always come back”.

… movie “Puss” directed by Johan Kling ( “Darling”) in which his brother Gustaf also has a role:

“I play a guy who has an ability to make the wrong decision and then wriggle out of the consequences. But I have no scenes with Gustav, which was unfortunate because it is the first time that we worked together. ”

… who in “True Blood” which he hangs out with most:

“Anna (Paquin), Stephen (Moyer) … There are also those I work mostly with. Recently I was in Paris with Michelle Forbes; we had never worked together but did the press together, it was very nice.”

… what roles he may like now:

“After ‘True Blood’ and ‘Generation Kill’ makes it quite a lot of alpha males. Which is funny, one reason I went from Sweden was that I always had to play the misunderstood, gentle high school boy. Puppies. But now I’m afraid to get stuck in the second slot. Once it becomes routine it takes the creativity out. ”

… partying in Los Angeles:

“I do not do much partying there. It’s not so fun. Businesses close half past one, and because everything is so spread out it is necessary to drive a car. I prefer to dine out, take a glass of wine and go home.”

 

Three rumors:

1. Alexander is dating Evan Rachel Wood: “No comment.”

2. Alexander met with Zlatan when Barcelona played in Los Angeles: “It is true, and it was damn fun. My agency represents FC Barcelona as well, and they asked if I wanted to go for a workout. I had with me a six meters Swedish flag Hammarby IF text and tricked Zlatan into standing in front of it. ”

3. Alexander is dating Kate Bosworth: “There are so many rumors, I am totally uninterested in them. And I’m not talking about my personal life. So I have no comment there either.”