Alexander Skarsgard Covers Men’s Journal, Promotes Straw Dogs On Jimmy Fallon
September 13, 2011 by Hollywoodite
Alexander Skarsgard was one of the standouts on the season finale of True Blood. He had most of the memorable lines and, despite not doing that much, he had an inordinate amount of screen time. And that’s it, until season five. S,o for now, he’s filming again and he’s promoting Straw Dogs. After that will come Battleship, the poor man’s Transformers but in the water. And after that will probably be What Maisie Knew, which he’s filming now.
There’s been little in the way of promotion for Straw Dogs, which is a shame as it seems like one of the only passably-strong movies of the year (in a year where there’s not been 3D overkill, but 3D noise has drowned out anything more promising and solid in 2D). It would appear the movie’s out this weekend, but there’s been no real premiere or fanfare. Possibly because Skarsgard and ex-girlfriend Kate Bosworth, who stated dating after filming began, are dating around and they don’t seem to be talking at the moment. Maybe picking a protagonist to favour on the red carpet is more trouble than it was worth for producers and so the former couple is just doing the magazine thing.
Well, he was on Jimmy Fallon last night and he spoke to Men’s Journal to promote the film.
It’s hard be the star of a sexed-up series like True Blood and not be asked about your own sex life. And yet, when Men’s Journal quizzes Alexander Skarsgard about when he lost his virginity, the October cover boy deadpans: “That was 2008, I think. Best eight seconds of my life.”
Though he’s been named Sweden’s Sexiest Man five times running, the 35-year-old doesn’t take the title too seriously. “Every single day, I wake up and look in the mirror and think, ‘Five times, mother–ker. Five times.’”
All kidding aside, the Straw Dogs star says he hopes to one day be recognized for his talents — and not just his model good looks. “You tend to get a lot of offers that are, like, the hot guy,” Skarsgard tells Men’s Journal. “And those parts aren’t very fun. I hope there’s something more to me than my pecs.” – via Us Weekly.
PHOTO CREDIT – MEN’S JOURNAL
