I april serveras biopubliken något så exotiskt som en episk, brutal, vikingafilm med hämndtema i regi av den visionäre filmskaparen Robert Eggers. I rollerna ser vi inga mindre än Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Björk och Willem Dafoe. Filmen är inspelad i nordliga Irland och på Island och enligt Skarsgård en oerhört krävande produktion.
Detta actionfyllda epos följer den unga vikingaprinsen Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård) strävan att hämnas mordet på sin far. Alla gav sitt yttersta framför och bakom kameran för att skapa en trovärdig historisk film.
”It was physically and mentally the most difficult job I’ve ever had, but also the most rewarding. The days were really long and hard, and we were out in the mud, and up on these mountaintops with the wind and the cold. The week prior, I was working on the television show Succession, on which I play a tech billionaire in a villa on Lake Como. So I literally went from playing one of the richest dudes on the planet in a crazy, beautiful villa, surrounded by yachts and helicopters and luxury, and got on a plane and flew to Iceland to get shackled and dragged through the mud. It was definitely a waking-up moment and a humbling experience.”
Alexander Skarsgård
Foto: Aiden Monaghan/ Focus Features
Anya Taylor-Joy som slog igenom för den breda massan i The Queen’s Gambit spelar här rollen som Olga.
”Because of the authenticity that we’re bringing to it, in terms of the costume, in terms of the landscape… we don’t have to imagine much. You can just inhabit. You can just exist. You’re not on a stage where the director is saying, ‘Hey, remember, it’s really bloody cold.’ It gives you a real appreciation as to how tough these people were. Because nothing about this life is easy. There is no cushy going home and watching a movie while you’re all toasty, eating dinner. No, it’s pretty miserable all of the time.”
Anya Taylor-Joy
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