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How Stellan Skarsgård's Personal Memories of Chernobyl Impacted His Performance
The star of the HBO's miniseries remembers when the incident occurred—but he was over in "happy Sweden."

BY EVAN ROMANO
JUN 3, 2019


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• Along with Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård is one of the lead actors of HBO's Chernobyl.
• Skarsgård remembers the Chernobyl incident, but from a different vantage point.
• The finale of Chernobyl airs tonight on HBO.


Stellan Skarsgård may play Boris Shcherbina, the toe-the-party-line government figure turned whistleblower in HBO's Chernobyl, but appearing in the much-heralded docudrama is far from his first experience with Ukraine's man-made nuclear disaster. He lived it, as residual clouds overtook the skies of Northern Sweden homeland.

"We couldn't eat berries, or mushrooms, or reindeer meat for years," he said in an interview with Men's Health. "So, it was quite a dramatic thing in Sweden at that time."

Living not in the Soviet system, but rather in "happy Sweden," as Skarsgård referred to it, he was aware that there was a nuclear incident with disastrous outcomes. But living in Sweden—the Western world—he was totally removed from from the dark reality of the situation. He still didn't know the why of the incident, until researching for Chernobyl on HBO, eventually learning that the on-screen depiction was incredibly accurate.

He didn't realize, for one, that the disaster wasn't inevitable; that, in fact, it was an avoidable incident that was made worse and worse through a stubborn government's refusal to admit fault. "I did not know about how the Soviet system in itself was one of the causes of this accident," he said. "When you have a system that has to be infallible, that cannot allow that there are any flaws in the system, people start lying and hiding truths."


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While Shcherbina, like Jared Harris' Valery Legasov, was based on a real person who was involved in the aftermath and cleanup of the Chernobyl disaster, there wasn't too much biographical research for him to do to get into that historical figure's head, or anything like that—it simply wasn't out there.

He found what he could find, and looked at photos of Shcherbina, but it was more important for Skarsgård to fit the necessities of the script, and his own imagination's version of who that character should consistently be. It was also important for him to make sure that he worked well with Harris.

"We have an interesting arch to play there from this total antagonism, to a very close friendship," he said.

A big part of the relationship that Skarsgård describes comes from the two lead characters throwing around a lot of nuclear power jargon. It's important for the two performers to get these pieces technically correct, but to also make sure that the point is still conveyed to the viewers who may not be as scientifically savvy as their characters are.

Did he understand any of what he was saying? Skarsgård said it wasn't too hard to wrap his head around the physics concepts. But he immediately recalled his role in the '90s classic Good Will Hunting, which saw him play an advanced mathematician. "I did not understand anything of what I said there," he said.

For the entirety of his career—which has now lasted more than 50 years—he's been a chameleon, blending in from film to film, whether it's that advanced mathematician in Good Will Hunting, a decomposing pirate in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, a scientist in the Thor and Avengers films, or even the goofy travel writer in both Mamma Mia! films. He's become a master of not only capturing different characters, but capturing different moods.

"The different moods ... that's my job. That's what I enjoy about it," Skarsgård said. "I enjoyed going from Mamma Mia! to [Chernobyl], and being all over the place, and not fulfilling any expectation from the audience. To me, It's like having a very varied diet."


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Skarsgård might be further varying that diet for his role in director Denis Villeneuve's remake of Dune, which will find him playing the film's rotund villain ("He's really bad. He's also really fat."). The movie is set to film in Budapest this summer and hit theaters in the fall of 2020. The movie's extensive and rather impressive cast has been well documented, including Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, and more.

Given what the character of Harkonnen looked like in book images through the years (Dune is based on Frank Herbert's fantasy novel), and in David Lynch's original adaptation, we can expect Skarsgård's take to also be fairly gruesome, and when he mentions how much time he'll need to get into character each day on set. "I will have to spend six to eight hours in makeup every day," he said, pointing out that, in this case, thankfully it's a confined role. "So, I'm glad he's not on every page."

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Like a Father, Like a Son!



Alexander looks exactly like young Stellan.



But… what about Alex when he is old?



Well he will look exactly like Stellan too

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Congratulations to Stellan!!

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

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Congrats to Chernobyl for the well deserved honors!

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Sweet picture of Eija on her wedding day.

My, Alex and Valter were at Gustaf's movie premiere in Sweden this week. I posted those pictures in Gustaf's forum.

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Chernobyl had a good night at the Emmys

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Stellan Looking Dapper Tonight in LA!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B69LHDWlUZp

                                                      

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Stellan and his Golden Globe Award


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Stellan Skarsgard… Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.


Congrats on the win Papa Skarsgard!!

                                  

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Goteborg Festival to Open With ‘Psychosis in Stockholm,’ Pay Tribute to Stellan Skarsgård
By ELSA KESLASSY


CREDIT: PAUL DRINKWATER/NBC

Goteborg Film Festival, the biggest showcase of local and international movies in the Nordics, will kick off its 43rd edition with Maria Bäck’s “Psychosis in Stockholm” and will close with actor-turned-director Mårten Klingberg’s “My Father Mary Anne.”

Both timely Swedish dramas dealing with trauma post-sexual abuse, and the experience of a transgender priest, respectively, “Psychosis in Stockholm” and “My Father Mary Anne” will have their world premiere at Goteborg.

Stellan Skarsgård, who just won a Golden Globe for his performance in the hit HBO series “Tchernobyl,” will receive the prestigious Nordic Honorary Dragon Award and will be honored with a retrospective of some of the greatest films of his career. As part of the tribute, the festival will also host the Nordic premiere of “The Painted Bird” which was recently shortlisted for the international feature film category at the Oscars. During the festival, Skarsgård will also having a masterclass.

In addition to opening the festival, “Psychosis in Stockholm” will play as part of the Nordic competition along with Henrik Schyffert’s “Spring Uje Spring,” Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Beware of Children,” Malou Reymann’s “A Perfectly Normal Family,” Jenni Toivoniemi’s “Games People Play,” Amanda Kernell’s “Charter,” Grímur Hákonarson’s “The County” and Jorunn Myklebust Syversen’s “Disco.”

Spearheaded by the artistic director Jonas Holmberg, the festival’s lineup will be made up of 50% of films directed by women.

Along with the several competition lineups, Goteborg will also host a dedicated section of movies showcasing different shades of feminism and issues faced by women around the world, said Holmberg. Among these films are Anna Odell’s anticipated “The Examination,” a daring film weaving documentary and fiction in which men undergo a visit to the gynaecologist, and “Force of Habit,” a collective film by seven directors (Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi, Alli Haapasalo, Anna Paavilainen, Kirsikka Saari, Miia Tervo and Reetta Aalto) following the lives of different women throughout one day. Holmberg described “Force of Habit” was a compelling #metoo-themed film.

“Force of Habit” will have its international premiere at Goteborg, while “The Examination” will have its world premiere at the festival, along with Tamara Dawit’s “Finding Sally,” a documentary telling the true story of a 23-year-old woman from an upper class family who became a communist rebel with the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party.

Some of the high-profile titles selected for the focus on feminism include Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Anastasia Mikova’s “Woman,” Mounia Meddour’s “Papicha” and Haifaa al-Mansour’s “The Perfect Candidate.”

Holmberg, who has a taste for timely films with social and/or political themes, said it was important to him to select “movies that are relevant, artistically and politically, to give depth to lineup.”

The international competition boasts Jenna Bass’s “Flatland,” Yonfan’s “No. 7 Cherry Lane,” Danielle Lessovitz’s “Port Authority,” Alice Winocour’s “Proxima,” Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,” Pietro Marcello’s “Martin Eden,” Anthony Chen’s “Wet Season” and Peter Mackie Burns’s “Rialto.”

Louise Archambault’s “And the Birds Rained Down,” Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara,” Katrin Gebbe’s “Pelican Blood,” Delphine Lehericey’s “Beyond the Horizon” and Thomas Clay’s “Fanny Lye Deliver’d,” Makoto Tezuka’s “Tezuka’s Barbara,” Ginevra Elkann’s “If Only,” Ágnes Kocsis’s “Eden” and Fernando Frias’s “I Am No Longer Here” complete the international competition roster.

As previously announced, this year’s festival will draw the spotlight on Brazilian cinema with 15 films from Brazil, notably “Bacurau” and “The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao,” two highly political film reflecting on the country’s contemporary turmoils which have intensified since the election of Jair Bolsonaro, explained Holmberg. The other Brazilian pics slated for the focus include “Greta,” “Your Turn,” “Sick, Sick, Sick,” “The Fever,” “Three Summers,” “Seven Years in May,” “Desterro,” “Pacified,” “Burning Night,” “Let it Burn,” “Queen of Lapa,” “Sun Inside” and “Battle.”

“Brazilian cinema has been flourishing for several years and is especially strong this year, and that’s a great accomplishment considering the political situation which is very difficult for filmmakers,” said Holmberg. “The whole film industry is impacted because of the current government’s policy on culture, and filmmakers are playing a big part in the resistance movement,” added Holmberg.

A flurry of local and international directors and actors are expected to attend, including Lone Scherfig (“The Kindness of Strangers”), Karim Aïniouz (“The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao”), Juliano Dornelles (“Bacurau”), Winocour (“Proxima”), Billie Piper (“Rare Beasts”), Bass (“Flatland”) and Grebbe (“Pelican Blood”), Josefin Frida (Disco), on top of the directors of the Nordic competition.

The international documentary lineup includes Jussi Rastas & Jenni Kivistö’s “Colombia in My Arms,” Lou Strömberg’s “Typhoon Mama,” Eva Marie Rødbro’s “I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die,” Carl Olsson’s “Meanwhile on Earth,” Sven Blume’s “For Somebody Else,” Åsa Sjöström’s “The Last Circus Princess,” David Aronowitsch’s “Idomeni,” Margreth Olin, Katja Høgset and Espen Wallin’s “The Self Portrait” and Susanne Kovács’s “It Takes a Family.”

The Ingmar Bergman competition will comprise of Billie Piper’s “Rare Beasts,” David Zonana’s “Workforce,” Nunzia De Stefano’s “Nevia,” Myriam Verreault’s “Kuessipan,” Ivana Mladenovic’s “Ivana the Terrible,” Belén Funes’s “A Thief’s Daughter,” Kim Seung-woo’s “Bring Me Home” and Liang Ming’s “Wisdom Tooth.”

Goteborg Film Festival will take place Jan. 24-Feb. 3.

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