Yesterday, we posted photos from the Swedish Cafe Magazine November 2009 issue. Below is the article from that magazine as translated by nemo_88 fpr from Swedish to English, “Early mornings and late night with the True Blood star” by Martin Gelin.
After the success of the series True Blood and Generation Kill, Alexander Skarsgård is suddenly playing in a whole new league. Now more prestigious projects are waiting: from big picture Straw Dogs to comedy Puss [trans note: "Kiss" in Swedish]. Martin Gelin shadows Sweden’s latest Hollywood star during a normal day in Los Angeles with crazy agent meetings, late bar rounds, and gossip-thriving bloggers.
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It’s going well now
Alexander Skarsgård, photographed for Café in Los Angeles. He moved here permanently two years ago and is now on the edge of Hollywood’s absolute elite.
BLOODED TOOTH
[trans note: to get blooded tooth is a Swedish expression meaning you have gotten the feel for something, wanting more.]
Alexander Skarsgård’s silver Audi is racing down Sunset Boulevard, breathtakingly fast. We go by West Hollywood’s night clubs, juice bars, Scientology churches and vegan cafes. In the back window of the car, a large rectangular sign with a familiar green text is saying “Bajen rocks!” [trans note: Bajen is a nickname for Swedish soccer team Hammarby IF]. We have fifteen minutes to get to Beverly Hills, but traffic is slow.
- Damn! I hate being late. When I grew up my dad was really strict with these things. If you were 5 minutes late for dinner you had to have a really good excuse.
Alexander has said he doesn’t want this to be a “Vincent Chase-article” about his presumed glamorous life in Hollywood. He claims, like actors usually do, that there isn’t such a life.
- Really, I just work, most of the time.
Read the rest of the article at a-skarsgard.net.
Thanks for the link back! :D
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Does anyone know which stores in the U.S. that might carry this magazine? I’d love to have a copy!
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This was a good article, very revealing of certain details about AS.
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Wonderful article! It’s always tricky with foreign mags you have to be careful cuz alot can be lost in translation, so I try not to jump on too many sticky things, but you would never get this kind of indepth with Alex in an American mag,I just dont see it.
I loved the story his friend told about Alex yelling opposing cheers on the subway ,I’m surprised he didn’t end up in teh hospital. In the commentarys on GenKill, one of hte other actors made the same comment about Alex, thats he’s fearless and nuts sometimes,they’d be in a bar and he’d willing to fight anyone.
I also loved the comment from the Metropia director about Alex having a quality in him “that can break” . Excellent and astute. He’s right.
Thanks so much for this ! Whoever did all the hard work!
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