Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Alex Makes Best Dressed Celebrity Men of 2011



NOVEMBER 2011 – BEST DRESSED CELEBRITY MEN OF 2011


Every year, iconic men of the film, music, and fashion industry strut their stuff at both private and red carpet events around the globe. And though the task is often embedded in said celebrity’s job description, some leading industry men do it better than others (let’s face it; there have been some real disasters this year). Inevitably, our editors just had to give credit where credit is due. Take a peek through the gallery below to see this year’s fashion do’s!

Name: Alexander Skarsgard

Profession: Actor

Why we love his style:
There’s no way we could publish this list without placing True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard on it. This year, the actor made an appearance in Vogue, starred in a movie Straw Dogs, and appropriately made a stylish appearance at a GQ party.

Alexander Skarsgard in People's Sexy at Every Age List



People’s Sexiest Man Alive - Sexy at Every Age
Alexander Skarsgård - 35

Already crowned sexiest man alive in his native Sweden, the 35-year-old star has been wooing American audiences with his brooding portrayal as bad-boy vampire Eric Northman on True Blood. “It’s very flattering,” the newly single star says of the attention. “I turn a little pink!”

New BTS Video of Alexander Skarsgard's 'Battleship' + Movie Banner

Battleship stars Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Taylor Kitsch, Tom Arnold, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano and Lil Mirkk. Universal Pictures has scheduled a May 25, 2012 theatrical release date for the film.


Eric Northman Makes The Houston Chronicle's Sexy Beasts List



ERIC NORTHMAN (True Blood)

As played by emerging star Alexander Skarsgård, he has to be the most interesting character in the juicy jambalaya that is HBO's popular supernatural-sex-and-death series. The roguish Viking sheriff (really, need we go on?) may be good or may be bad. Just the way the ladies like it.

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Alexander Skarsgard Talks About His Fans, Meloncholia, and TB + 2 New Photos





Alexander Skarsgard must have a dark side. He’s drawn to characters who emanate a silky menace: not only his most famous role, the 1,000-year-old vampire Eric Northman on the HBO series True Blood; but also a violent hayseed in this year’s remake of Straw Dogs; and a steely U.S. Marine sergeant in the 2008 miniseries Generation Kill. His gorgeous new film,Melancholia, written and directed by Lars von Trier, digs deep into two of the toughest subjects around, severe depression and the end of the world. (It opened in select cities yesterday.)

Friday, November 11, 2011

Video- Alexander Skarsgard Talks About Working With His Dad with MTV


VIDEO- E! News Interview with Alexander, Kiefer, and Kirsten


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Alexander Skarsgard and Kirsten Dunst Interview with Metro US for Meloncholia



Kirsten Dunst and Alexander Skarsgard would make a very handsome couple, as they do in the new film, “Melancholia.” The pair play bride and groom on their wedding day, both desperate to connect to the momentous occasion but failing miserably.

Bret Easton Ellis Tweets About Alexander Skarsgard, Nudity, and Meloncholia


Mr. Ellis is a fantastic novelist who penned Less Than Zero (great movie) and American Psycho (another great movie). 
 

Exclusive Video- Kirsten Dunst Interview for Meloncholia (Alex scenes)




Opening in theaters on November 11th is a new science fiction film from acclaimed Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier(Breaking the Waves) called Melancholia. The film features an Oscar worthy performance by actress Kirsten Dunst(Spider-Man), as well as an impressive supporting cast that includes Kiefer Sutherland (TV's 24), Charlotte Gainsbourg (I'm Not There), Alexander Skarsgard (TV's True Blood), Stellan Skarsgard (Thor), John Hurt (Alien),Charlotte Rampling (Swimming Pool), Jesper Christensen (Quantum of Solace), and Udo Kier (Armageddon).

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Alexander Skarsgard Tells Moviefone He Doesn't Want To Be Eric Northman Forever



Alexander Skarsgard is well aware that he can't be the scoundrelly yet, at times, amiable, vampire Eric Northman forever. That's not to say that he hasn't enjoyed his time on 'True Blood'; he has, even if that does include filming an occasional ménage à trois with real-life husband and wife Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin. But he also realizes that continuing to play the versions of Eric Northman he's continuously offered -- "without the fangs," he admits -- is, as Skarsgard puts it, "creative suicide." In other words: nothing a Lars von Trier movie won't fix.

In 'Melancholia,' Skarsgard plays Michael, a man we meet on the day he's set to marry Justine (Kirsten Dunst), until every single thing that could wrong during a wedding does go wrong. Of course, all that happens before they learn that a rouge planet -- named Melancholia -- is on a collision course with Earth. Moviefone spoke to Skarsgard about what it's like to work for the controversial director, his game plan to avoid being typecast as a vampire, the details of filming a threesome with a real life married couple, and how 'Zoolander' changed his life forever.

Alexander Skarsgard on Meloncholia, True Blood, and More



Voted ‘Sweden’s Sexiest Man’ five times, Alexander Skarsgard became a breakout star on HBO’s True Blood and, with his complex role in Lars von Trier’s masterpiece Melancholia, is ready for his closeup. The actor opens up to Marlow Stern about his early role in Zoolander, dating co-stars, how his naval background prepared him for next summer’s Battleship opposite Rihanna, and more.

Alexander Skarsgard Interview with Indie Wire



1. For many actors Lars Von Trier is a big draw. So much so that Alexander Skarsgård didn’t even read the script -- he was in from the moment he heard the words “Lars Von Trier.” The rest of the cast felt the same way.Skarsgård’s father has worked with him six times and his advice was always, “If you ever get the opportunity, just do it, it’s the most amazing thing,” so the son jumped at the chance when he got the call. “I said, ‘What do you want me to do, make your breakfast? I’m in.’ ” he said. “I’m a huge fan. That’s why when I got the call, I said yes, even before I read the script. I was like, ‘I’ll do whatever you want me to do.’ I’m not going to turn down an opportunity to work with him.”

Review of Meloncholia From The Wall Street Journal


 

A few days ago a mountain-size asteroid came close to Earth, then zipped safely past it. The threat is more substantial in this hauntingly beautiful drama by the Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier. On one level the title refers to the planet Melancholia, a vast and mysterious orb that may or may not hit us and put an end to terrestrial life. But "Melancholia," which stars Kirsten Dunst, isn't really concerned with astronomy, or what happens when worlds collide, even though the literal drama of an impending apocalypse is evoked with an extraordinary mixture of gravity and grave playfulness. Its true subject is melancholia as a spiritual state, a destroyer of happiness that emerges from its hiding place behind the sun, just like the menacing planet, then holds the heroine, Justine, in its unyielding grip and gives Ms. Dunst the unlikely occasion for a dazzling performance.

Alexander Skarsgard Interview with IFC About Meloncholia + Video



Director Lars von Trier doesn't have the best reputation as an actor's director (he also doesn't have the best reputation as a public speaker, but that's a conversation for another time). He supposedly fought with Nicole Kidman on the set of "Dogville" and the star definitely didn't return for the film's sequel, "Manderlay" (she was replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard). For years, rumors swirled that Bjork vowed never to act in a film again after the grueling experience making von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark." She later claimed she never wanted to act at allbut made an exception for von Trier. Then again; she has acted a couple more times, including in the film "Drawing Restraint 9," so who knows.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Designer Marc Jacobs Joins Alexander Skarsgard in 'Disconnect'




According to Marc Jacob’s IMDB page, the designer has been cast in indie drama Disconnect, set to premiere in 2012. The film is directed by Henry Alex Rubin (who previously directed the Oscar-nominated documentaryMurderball) and will feature a slew of notable actors including Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Paula Patton, Frank Grillo and Michael Nyqvist. And Marc Jacobs.


“Skarsgard is in line to play a former Marine who is emotionally cut off from his wife, causing him to seek out an affair. Grillo will play a single father trying to protect his child from the dangers of the interwebs with [Collin] Ford playing his son who deals with emotional pain by talking to another troubled teen online under the pretense of being a teen girl. Nyqvist plays a man who Skarsgard and his wife suspect of taking their identity, and Riseborough is…a TV reporter who seeks out a story about a young man who poses nude online when she becomes frustrated with her job.”


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Video- Alexander Skarsgard Talks with Coming Soon About Meloncholia and More

A very laid back interview with Askars, great interview.



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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Adorable Photos of Alex Skarsgard on The Set of 'What Maisie Knew'

From August 16th, 2011
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Flashback Skars: Work Appreciation Post - Cuppen (2006)

I've looked to see where you can buy this and no luck. If anyone can give me a link that would be amazeballs. Preferably in English. Amazon, you've let me down.


Synopsis: (Swedish TV)


During the football tournament, the Gothia Cup 1999, South African Tshepo, from an Alexandra shanty town outside Johannesburg meets up with Mike, a Swedish teenager from Gothenburg. When they meet again six years later, Tshepos very promising football career has long been brutally interrupted by an injury. Mike has shifted from football to a criminal career in the form of charity frauds.

Tshepo tries to get a football team, as he trains, to participate in the Gothia Cup and the guys decide to cooperate in both projects. Mike’s plan is to sell the medicine, which he received from a Swedish pharmaceutical company, through his false organization AIDS Action Africa. But the medicine attracts many more stakeholders and it becomes more dangerous to themselves in the Alexandra shanty town than they could have imagined. Suddenly Fox and Tshepo end up in the middle of a web of drug dealers, fraudsters, murderers and police officers, and their friendship is put to the test.

Set Photos + Video of Alex Filming 'What Maisie Knew' in New York

Since this blog is new to the fandom, I am totally in looove with seeing PapaSkars. Therefore post I will about What Maisie Knew, which filmed back in August. Are you reading the book?


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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Listing of Theaters Showing 'Meloncholia' in the US

On Demand until 11/10/2011.

11/11/2011
West Los Angeles, CA: Nuart Theatre
New York, NY: Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY: Angelika Film Center

Video- New Straw Dogs Clip "Thou Shall Not Covet"

This clip was also shown on Jimmy Fallon back in September just slightly different. Don't forget to pre-order Straw Dogs on DVD here.

In UK theaters November 4th

Stephen Moyer Jokes About Asking for Sex Tips from Alex Skarsgard

Stephen talks about how to spend quality time with his wife Anna, being apart so much of the year.




Even if that reunion might involve watching a naked Swedish man sucking blood from various parts of his wife’s body. (...)

“And for the sex scenes, we both have to do it, so it’s not like one of us gets to be jealous while the other one gets all the fun.
“It’s part of the job and we have scenes with other people in our different films.
“What’s good about True Blood is that Alex Skarsgard (who plays rival vampire Eric on the show and has many kinky scenes with Anna’s character Sookie) is a good friend of mine.
“So it’s not an issue. Although I’ve joked that she does look like she’s having a really good time with Alex, so I’ve asked him for pointers.”

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New Fan Video of Alex Skarsgard in Brazil (Soo cute)



Alex says 'kiss' in Portuguese. So sweet.

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