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True Blood's star Alexander Skarsgard covers GQStyle Germany and features in September InStyle.

Alexander Skarsgard suits up for a graduation ceremony held at Leeds Metropolitan University on Wednesday (July 20) in Leeds, England.

On not wanting to only play Eric: “I do get a lot of scripts sent to me where they basically want me to play Eric from True Blood, but just a different name in a different movie. That’s not interesting to me. I don’t want to play a character that I’ve played for four years on a television show, change the name, and make him a zombie instead of a vampire.”

Los Angeles Times Magazine Interview with Alexander Skarsgard

Alexander Skarsgard missed Sweden and refuses to buy a house in the U.S..
- I feel a little resistance to doing it. Then it becomes somehow more permanent. I don’t know when I want to move back to Sweden again.

Alexander Skarsgard is home in Sweden and enjoying it.
- In Los Angeles you can never just walk anywhere. You have to drive. Therefore, it is wonderful to be in Gothenburg, to be able to walk around, have coffee with friends and just see the town. There is more city life here than in LA., he says.

But right now home it is definitely Los Angeles and he rented a home up in the Hollywood Hills, which is his base.
The television series “True Blood” is a mega-hit, the third season is currently being aired in the U.S. and already this winter they will start with production of season four.
In addition, Alexander Skarsgard has become a popular movie star – the thriller “Straw Dogs” has already been filmed and at the end of August, he’ll fly to Hawaii to play in the science fiction film “Battleship” with singer Rihanna.
- So far I don’t know too much about her, he says.

Alexander Skarsgard is currently located in Gothenburg, because he has a lead role in Lars von Trier’s star-studded film “Melancholia”.
The base for the production is Trollhättan, but for a few weeks they will be filming in Tjolöholm castle south of Kungsbacka.

As usual with von Trier, everything is a secret and Alexander says he really can’t say anything.
- Yes, there is a wedding and I get married to Kirsten Dunst and I am very much in love. I’m very happy – at the beginning, he says.

He denies his father Stellan plays his father in the movie.
- No, he’s my best man. We have very few scenes together, but it’s fun just to be in the same film and to be able to spend the evenings together.

The situation was similar for the shooting of John Kling “Puss”, which will premiere on 20 August. There, Alexander and his brother Gustaf have major roles, but they have not a single scene together.
- It was a bit sad, but it was still fun to be on the same film together.

For Alexander the filming of “Puss” the hardest he’s yet to experience in his career. In the midst of recording director Johan Kling suffered a burn out and everything stopped for a while. When it started again Alexander Skarsgard was in Louisiana working on the thriller “Straw Dogs”.

Everything crashed and it became a giant puzzle. Skarsgard rehearsed in Louisiana, then flew for 24 hours to get to the studio in Visby.
- This was a year after we first had filmed “Puss”, which I had long hair, but at the time it was short…
- They had a wig made up that I had not had time to try. So when I came to Visby, I had to put the wig on and film for three days and then head back to Louisiana.

Even today in Gothenburg, things are piling up for Alexander. What was supposed to be a quiet moment at the hotel becomes a car journey to the production studio in Hisingen. Alexander Skarsgard must sync sixteen lines from episode eleven in “True Blood”.
When the job is completed, he comes out of the studio soaked in sweat.
- It must have been nearly 600 degrees in there. And there was no time code so I had to watch the scenes on a monitor and then work on the orders of the director who was in LA, local time was seven in the morning, and he gave me instructions over a bad telephone line.

But Alexander isn’t complaining…on the contrary.
- It would never occur to me to whine. I am so incredibly grateful to have a job. Most of the people in the actor’s union in the United States have no job, and I’ve been there.

And he also takes the unwelcomed attention of paparazzi in Los Angeles in stride. He laughs when the subject comes up.
- Well, they have a good idea of what you do. If fans approach me and want an autograph, it’s just fun. This means of course that they like the series. But it’s hard when you get a camera shoved in your face when you are out having lunch with a friend.

The problem with paparazzi photographers spread to Sweden in May of this year when Alexander and Kate Bosworth visited Stockholm and every step they took was covered by tabloid photographers.
- It felt weird, of course. I grew up in Sweden, with Stellan as my father, and I’m accustomed to no one caring what I did. Sweden has always felt like a safe place, you could be yourself. So of course it was a bit annoying.

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True Blood 3x08: Eric Plays Russell & Talbot

True Blood's Alex on the set of "Melancholia" and out and about in Sweden, also attending some mask party in Gothenburg,Sweden with some chicks.

Alexander Skarsgard, who is best known for his role in True Blood and came thisclose to playing Thor, will be joining Taylor Kitsch in Peter Berg’s Battleship. Heat Vision say Skarsgard will play Kitsch’s brother, a straight and narrow naval officer whom Kitsch, a wildly spirited naval officer, idolizes.

Battleship is based on the well known game, however as two hours of sea vessels firing at each other wouldn’t be that interesting they have added an alien invasion element to the story. In the script an international fleet joins together to battle a water-bound armada of alien invaders.

The release date is currently set for June 18, 2012, will filming set to begin in August in Hawaii.

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‘True Blood’s’ Alexander Skarsgard: ‘I’m Happy To Throw My Clothes Off!’


Alexander Skarsgard made a big – and bare — impression when he returned to the screen as vampire sheriff Eric Northman on “True Blood’s” Season 3 premiere on Sunday.

Those who have seen the episode will know that the Swedish actor’s first on-screen moment was made up of his backside.

“Do you mean a** when you say backside?” he probed Access Hollywood, when asked about his naked return at the show’s recent premiere in Los Angeles.

“I love the scene,” he smiled. “It’s a fun scene. I think it’s a good introduction to Eric in Season 3.”

Although he had to bare his bottom for all to see, it wasn’t an issue for the lanky Swede.

“I don’t really care about that stuff,” he said of stripping for the small screen. “There’s some — there’s much more graphic stuff coming up later in the season. So that doesn’t really bother me. If it makes sense when I read it, I’m happy to throw my clothes off.”

Beyond the occasional lack of clothing, Eric is expected to grow closer to Bill Compton’s ladylove, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) in the coming episodes, and Alexander explained why.

“He’s obviously attracted to her and he’s intrigued by her,” Alexander said. “He’s trying to figure out what she is. He doesn’t really know that. She is special. And of course he is going to pursue that in Season 3.”

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