Photoshoots and Interviews - 2017

[em666]

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It's a juvenile type photo shoot, which might have been more entertaining with someone other than TR doing the shoot. And Alex probably had fun with it, and I don't know how much Alex knows about TR or how much control he and his people had over the the shoot. I don't even know what it's for, Emmy voting is over, and we don't have release dates for Mute or the Aftermath. I know that TR lost some work after the allegations finally came out 3 years ago, and had been rumored for years, but a lot of people defended him and obviously still work with him. And if his people did this, and not HBO or Netflix, he needs new people (and his PR team he just switched to last year).

[ohva]

Looks like a photo shoot that should have been to promote War on Everyone's style. Alex always makes me laugh though.

Had to look Richardson up. I don't follow fashion. He's a creep.

[em666]

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This would have been better for WoE. His goofiness does get lost in a lot of photo shoots because they have to be Blue Steel/Serious. So on one hand I'm glad he got to be Alex, but OTOH...

[davischristinem]

Some of the GQ Germany Pics. Are Not So Controversial...
  I Like This One

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYdJK6pgd1U

                                                                    

[davischristinem]

And Then There are These....

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYdYl8PH5IT

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYdX7n2nQRc

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYdYWqwnqdc

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYdY-rjj316

                                                             

[wanderingstar78]

Aug 31, 2017 4:52:21 GMT -5 em666 said:

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It's a juvenile type photo shoot, which might have been more entertaining with someone other than TR doing the shoot. And Alex probably had fun with it, and I don't know how much Alex knows about TR or how much control he and his people had over the the shoot. I don't even know what it's for, Emmy voting is over, and we don't have release dates for Mute or the Aftermath. I know that TR lost some work after the allegations finally came out 3 years ago, and had been rumored for years, but a lot of people defended him and obviously still work with him. And if his people did this, and not HBO or Netflix, he needs new people (and his PR team he just switched to last year).

TR is pretty well known in the fashion and photography worlds. I have a hard time believing Alex wouldn't be familiar with his work or reputation. TR is a disgusting human being (imo). Some of his photo shoots, like this one, can be fun. Most of them just give me the creeps.

[em666]

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I didn't mean that he didn't know about TR as a photographer or the style that he has but that he wasn't aware of the specifics of the allegations. The sad reality is there are a lot of people, including a lot of women, who defended him then and have no problem working with him now. Alex worked with him, but I have no idea whether he had any reservations about doing so.

[ohva]

Fares makes a reference to Alex and his other Swedish friends in LA in this interview. It's in Fares' thread. Good pictures of Fares!!!

domeforums.proboards.com/post/10912/thread

This is a google translate, so excuse the confusing wording.

"There are many Swedes who are doing very well in the United States right now and I think that's great fun. We are close friends all, even though it is not immediately that we call each other every morning and ask what the other should wear. Me and Alex (Skarsgård) are close friends, but he lives in New York so we do not see the hell.

Even Joel Kinnaman and I hang out, but when we meet, the film world is probably the last one we're talking about ..."

[em666]

A portairt of Alex post Emmy, from Emmy magazine via Skarsjoy:
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skarsjoy.tumblr.com/post/166203557893/alexander-skarsg%C3%A5rd-and-the-big-little-lies-team

[davischristinem]

New Close-Up of Alex from 'War On Everyone' in Berlin


Found at:  alexskarsgardnet.tumblr.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BaRAo1hl2GH

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Close-up of Alex by photographer Romina Greggio at the world premiere of War on Everyone (February 12, 2016, Berlin International Film Festival).

Source/Thanks: romyphoto Instagram (x) & romyphoto2 twitter (x):  “Alexander Skarsgård #Berlinale #Berlin #AlexanderSkarsgård #legend of tarzan #tarzan #actor #hollywood.”


                                                                 

[em666]

Maybe this time the ban will stick:
Exclusive: Terry Richardson banned from working with Vogue and other leading mags, leaked email shows


Ben Riley-Smith Nick Allen

23 October 2017 • 10:50pm

Terry Richardson, the fashion photographer, has been barred from working with some of the world’s bestselling magazines, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

An email circulated within the media group Condé Nast International on Monday and seen by this newspaper announced that the company would no longer work with him.

Staff were told that any work already commissioned from Mr Richardson but not yet published should be “killed or substituted with other material”.
The company publishes international editions of leading fashion magazines such as Vogue, GQ and Glamour as well as other well-known titles including Vanity Fair and Wired.

Mr Richardson, whose photographs often grace the covers of fashion magazines and are known in the industry for being sexually explicit, has been dogged for years by allegations of sexual exploitation of models, something he has always denied.

At the weekend, a UK newspaper asked why the 52-year-old was still being “feted by fashionistas” in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations.

Mr Richardson’s contract arrangements had been in dispute for some time with Condé Nast International, but within 24 hours of the article appearing an email was circulated telling staff not to work with him.

The message was sent by James Woolhouse, the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, to “country presidents” at the firm at 8.14am on Monday.


Mr Woolhouse wrote: “I am writing to you on an important matter. Condé Nast would like to no longer work with the photographer Terry Richardson.

“Any shoots that have been commission[ed] or any shoots that have been completed but not yet published, should be killed and substituted with other material.

“Please could you confirm that this policy will be actioned in your market effective immediately. Thank you for your support in this matter.”

Condé Nast International was approached repeatedly for comment but declined to respond.

Allegations over Mr Richardson’s conduct have resurfaced and made headlines in recent days, though no fresh claims have been made.

The New York-based photographer has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry including Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, who got Mr Richardson to direct a controversial music video for her song Wrecking Ball in 2013, in which she appeared naked. She later said she regretted the shoot.

Mr Richardson has often appeared in his own photographs. The Sunday Times published a 1,100-word article this weekend questioning the fashion industry’s continued use of Mr Richardson.

It noted Mr Richardson was recently photographed arm-in-arm with Edward Enninful, the editor of British Vogue, and attended shows at New York’s fashion week last month....
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/23/exclusive-terry-richardson-banned-working-vogue-leading-mags/

[wanderingstar78]

I hope so. Terry Richardson is disgusting.

[ohva]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbmWh_ug0Tb

[wanderingstar78]

skarsjoy.tumblr.com/post/167323588858/alexander-skarsg%C3%A5rd-is-one-of-whomagazines

Alexander Skarsgård is one of @whomagazine’s Sexiest People of 2017!

ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD
SCANDINAVIAN STYLE / 41

When Nicole Kidman was looking to cast her leading man in Big Little Lies, she had only Alexander Skarsgård in mind. “I wanted him,” she said. “I wanted him badly.” Join the queue. After his breakout role as a vampire in True Blood, the Swedish actor romanced Margot Robbie in The Legend of Tarzan, happily shucking off his loincloth to reveal a steely sixpack and more. He caught the eye of millions including Kidman, who blithely lip-kissed him when he won a 2017 Emmy award. “He’s a mannequin,” she explained, paying tribute to Skarsgård’s so-good-they-must-be-fake looks, a front for self-confessed boyish shyness. He is lured more by intangibles than the obvious—“We all have an individual scent that’s like a fingerprint of who we are. I find that very sexy”—likes women “a little aggressive” and names self-deprecation as an aphrodisiac: “You definitely don’t want to show up in a yellow Lamborghini or talk about how successful you are. That’s a huge turn-off.”

📸 Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, my recreation of the page in Who Magazine Australia dated November 13, 2017. Huge thanks to Beerwolf for sending me the photo of the page! Alex was in it last year as well.

[wanderingstar78]

www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/tarzan-to-twisted-cop-188278

TARZAN TO TWISTED COP
- TARZAN HUNK ALEXANDER SKARSGARD’S GOAL? TO BE KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES, NOT MAKING IT TO THE SEXIEST-MEN LISTS



He first grabbed eyeballs as the sexy Eric Northman in the smash-hit TV series True Blood. And then he gave us sleepless nights with those toned abs as Tarzan in the 2016 blockbuster The Legend of Tarzan. Alexander Skarsgard is now a fixture on most Sexiest Men lists and is also in demand on screens big and small — he won an Emmy this year for his role of Perry Wright in the TV series Big Little Lies. Tonight, you can watch the Swedish hunk as a corrupt cop in the Indian TV premiere of War on Everyone (Sony PIX, 7pm). A t2 chat with sexy Skarsgard. Yes, we said it!

The twisted cop in War on Everyone must have been a lot of fun to play!

I really liked the character (Detective Terry Monroe). He’s very violent in nature, but deep down he is a very good guy and at the end of the movie, he redeems himself and does something very selfless that most people wouldn’t do. So in certain ways, I admire him. When I read the script, I was shooting for Tarzan, which was a very different film, and I was excited to read a comedy… a dark, weird comedy. I was also a fan of (director) John Michael McDonagh’s work, so it was a very easy decision.

You had War on Everyone and The Legend of Tarzan in the same year, with the two being diametrically opposite characters. On what basis did you pick these roles?

It’s more of a gut feeling, to be honest. It’s a combination of being excited about working with a particular filmmaker and the script that’s offered… is it the kind of film I want to spend three months with? Also, I have to be drawn to the character. Often, the choice of a character is determined by what I have just done. Like Tarzan was a long and intense shoot and after that I was excited to do something that was tonally different.

How has The Legend of Tarzan’s huge box office success impacted your career?

When you have a movie that’s as successful as this, then obviously you have more to choose from, which is wonderful for an actor. Of course, I am sent a lot of scripts of heroic, action type of movies. I had a terrific time making Tarzan and I would love to shoot more films like that, but it’s also fun to go and do something completely different. Like, I am now playing an engineer in a film called The Hummingbird Project… he’s a man who has a receding hairline, is slightly overweight and is very, very different from Tarzan.

And your 2018 dystopian film Mute seems like a potential gamechanger…

I am a fan of Duncan Jones’s work. I thought Moon, his first feature, was fantastic. It’s a fascinating character… it’s set 35 years into the future, but the guy I play is holding on to the past. He’s from the Amish community… there’s no technology in his home, he doesn’t even own a cellphone. He’s mute, so he has a hard time communicating. He’s also a loner by choice.

I think Duncan’s found a wonderful tone in this film. The banter between the characters played by Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux is a lot of fun. The dialogue is smart… there are some intense moments and also a lot of tragedy in the script, which I thought was a great balance.

True Blood to Tarzan, you are considered one of the sexiest men in the world. Is that something you are self-conscious about or do you wear it proudly?

I’m not going to lie… of course, it’s flattering! But I try not to think too much about it. As an actor, I think it’s important not to be vain. My goal is not to be on those (Sexiest Men) lists… the goal is to be known for the projects I work on and the characters I play. I try not to focus on the looks bit.

Has being part of a family with roots in films proved to be an advantage or a disadvantage?

On a personal level, it’s an advantage, for sure. It’s wonderful to have a father (Stellan Skarsgard) who’s a part of this industry. He’s been a great mentor. He’s always been pretty hands-off… he’s never pushed any of us (Alexander’s brothers Gustaf, Bill and Valter are also actors) into the industry, but hasn’t discouraged us either. With my brothers being actors themselves, they are in a better position to understand my issues and temperament that someone from outside the industry may not be able to handle.

Your recent bald look created a lot of chatter on the Internet! Did that take you by surprise?

I try to stay away from stuff written about me on the Internet. I know the hairstyle looks a bit crazy, but it’s for this film (The Hummingbird Project). Since the character is bald, I thought it was better to shave off my head instead of using a bald cap. But it does look strange to people… it’s clear that I am not balding because the hairline is very straight and on days when I’m not shooting you can actually see a bit of a stubble on the bald patch. On days I’m shooting, they just put make-up on it. I know it looks crazy, but that goes with the profession, you know. This transformation that we actors go through is a lot of fun.