“Greece closed the Acropolis for Alexander Skarsgård”
“”can’t beat the location””
“HOLLYWOOD. The historic tourist destination of the Acropolis in Athens had not been closed for 70 years.”
“But for Alexander Skarsgård and spionserien ”The little drummer girl” made an exception.”
“– We were there all night and watched the sun go up, ” he says to Nöjesbladet.”
“When Skarsgård tells us about the adventure he does it in such vivid colors that immediately get the urge to take to the place which every year attracts several million visitors.”
” I had been there before. But only on the day and were forced with thousands of others. Now it was just us, the crew of perhaps 150 people.”
” We saw the sunset over Athens, of the Parthenon. We watched the day become night and we were there until sunrise. It was the most marvellous, the most extraordinary…”
“He will never finish the sentence.”
“– One felt that it will be impossible to ever knock the site, in any case, if we are not shooting at the moon (laughs).”
“the Results are in the Sverigektuella tv-series based on John Le Carrés spionroman with the same name from 1983.”
“Skarsgård plays an israeli intelligence officer who attract an actress (portrayed by british newcomer Florence Pugh) in a dangerous plan controlled by the israeli spionmästaren Kurtz (Michael Shannon).”
” I read the book as preparation. It still feels very relevant, despite the fact that it was written almost 40 years ago.”
“the Story is unfolding against the backdrop of the cold war, with Israel and Palestine as the arch-enemy.”
“– I think that it is very nuanced. Hopefully doing it justice and understanding for both sides. It is not black or white, not hjältemässiga mossad agents against the awful palestinians. Then I had not been interested.”
“Skarsgård received the script authorization when he was in Spain filming another project.”
“– It was in september of last year. I got six episodes in the evening. The next morning I would get up early and shoot the film. I didn’t stop reading until three in the morning. I could not put away from me the manuscript.”
“the Series is directed by koreanen Park Chan-Wook (”Oldboy”). On the question of whether it was not difficult to work with a director that doesn’t speak English, shaking Skarsgård on the head.”
“– He understands English, even if he does not speak the language. He understands the nuances and is very accurate. I hesitated never. As a child adored his ”Oldboy” trilogy.”
“Even if the Bond had not read ”The little trumslagarflickan” before he was offered the role of John Le Carré a household name for him.”
“– ”the Spy who came in from the cold” was the first spionroman I read. My dad gave it to me when I was a teen. He was obsessed with John Le Carré. A few years ago he got the chance to work with him on ”Our kind of traitor” and then met him. Afterwards, it was very cute to talk to dad because he was like a little fan-boy.”
“by Yourself has the Bond been greater than ever after the success of ”Big little lies” series he returns to in the coming season. He radar in addition to the tv roles also film camjackers on film camjackers and make this launch during a short visit to Beverly Hills, before I’m off to a new continent.”
“I have exceeded my wildest expectations,” he says when his career comes up.”
” When I moved here I would have been happy if someone said that I would be able to support myself as an actor. For it I could not.”
“– Now I get to not only do it without working with the marvellous script, with talented directors and actors. I am very fortunate.”
“…how he is when he works:”
“– Extremely asocial. Then I go away and concentrate on rollenn n…upcoming season of ”Big little lies”:”
“– I shall not reveal anything about the plot, but it will be a little different tone this time.”
“…how he has changed since the early Hollywoodåren:”
” I was much more naive back then. I think I have become better at detecting if someone has a hidden motive or is trying to sell me something.”
