13 thoughts on “MCM: Alexander SkarsgĂ„rd

  1. He also had some good period costume moments in True Blood; though some of them do involve him in Nazi uniforms so your mileage may vary. Also too late for the site rules but he manages to make 1970s men’s clothing look very good (flared collars and all) in the Little Drummer Girl with Florence Pugh.

    1. Kat, I adore Le Carre but felt Drummer Girl was a potboiler. Ditto the terrible movie with blech, Diane Keaton. How is this version? I do believe a good movie version can always redeem a bad book. Thanks. (Kendra, hope this brief hijack is kosher with you!).

      1. It’s definitely not as strong as someone of his other works (if the source material is lacking somewhat, I always feel adaptations have an uphill battle). But even though I was not a fan of Florence Pugh in Little Women, she sells Charlie’s naivete well (without coming across so naive that you’re left cursing at the screen at all her dumb choices). And of course Skarsgard puts in a solid performance, as does Michael Shannon. Plus the costumes are believably 1970s on the cusp of 1980s without looking like a) a 2000s interpretation of what people in the 1970s wore or b) the most garish fashion from the time the costume designer could find. In particular Florence gets some very nice kaftan-adjacent evening wear.

        1. Also forgot, the director is Park Chan-wook who has done some great detective dramas so he really knows how to depict realistic spycraft onscreen without making it seem too flashy or Sherlock-adjacent.

  2. OH MY GOD—————-When it comes to this man…..there are NO WORDS. But I will try to find a few for this response. HELL YES to him and his abs in—anything–Frock Flick, toothpaste commercial, you name it. He IS a good actor, not only yummy to look at. As to your Tarzan comment about, “We know the V is underneath the clothes,” I thought, “Yes, and it’s highlighted by the inverted V in his costume!!” And re the last picture–I think that’s from a photo shoot he did for British GQ or something. (Don’t ask me how/why I know this….) Once again….HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. That poor man. How long did he have to go without water to showcase those abs and V? Prepping for and shooting those topless scenes must have been awful.

  4. He’s got a lovely face too 😍 Pity to cover it with whiskers. I’ve got a thing for chin dimples.

  5. Thanks for that review link- solid gold.
    I really enjoyed the clothing in The Northman (and that everyone was clean, for the most part) but if you are worried about violence I would say stear clear- there was an extended scene in the first half of the movie that was just brutal (including murder of children) and my partner fast-forwarded it once I started crying. So just… yeah. ALL the content warnings for that one.

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