The actor Alexander Skarsgård had a very hard shoot with the film The Northman (The Northman) and now he remembers the worst moments.
Director Robert Eggers He has earned a reputation for being very intense and visceral in his shoots, something that is perfectly appreciated in his two previous films The witch (2015) and The lighthouse (2019). But with The Northmanhas gone further and the actor Alexander Skarsgard he had a very bad time. That is why in each meeting with the press he vents by remembering the worst moments.
In a recent interview, Alexander Skarsgard He highlighted the filming of a specific scene that cost him 30 different takes and that left him physically and mentally destroyed.
“It was the end of a very long and complex shot of Viking berserkers raiding a Slavic village. The choreography was so difficult, with all these elements, 50 people fighting simultaneously, the extras and the horses… Making it look perfect was a real chore… That climax, where I rip a guy’s throat out and howl at the moon… It was primitive. I just let everything out. He was exhausted, and I think you see that in the shot. I was a mess. Truly a disaster.”
What is the movie about?
Based on a medieval Scandinavian legend, the story begins when the Viking prince Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard) witness how his father is assassinated. He begins a journey of revenge, pushing himself to the limits of himself in the process. In the distribution also stand out Nicole Kidman like queen Gudrún, Ethan Hawke like King Aurvandill, Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga of the Birch Forest, claes bang as Fjölnir the Brotherless, björk like Seeress, Elliott Rose like Gunnar and Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool.
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