Alexander Skarsgård was given a blood-soaked Viking g-string as a Northman set souvenir
During an interview with Stephen Colbert, Skarsgård talked about the gory thong he received as a set gift
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Many actors are lucky enough to leave film and TV sets with wonderful artifacts from the project they’ve worked on. Henry Winkler, for example, owns complete Fonzie outfits and a Scream mask. Russell Crowe left Gladiator with stunt swords, life-size prop horses, and an actual replica Roman chariot that he later parted with to help pay for a divorce.
Alexander Skarsgård, star of the most recent movie from a director well known for creating painstakingly detailed props and sets, finished up The Northman with a pair of bloody underwear as a keepsake.
During an interview with Stephen Colbert on last night’s episode of The Late Show, Skarsgård discussed his time working on the movie. There’s a conversation about being part of a cast that was “wet and muddy and bloody for seven months” of shooting. There’s talk about Nordic names and acting on sets that were both as authentic as possible to the 9th century setting and smelled like “death and feces”—the latter from horses, thankfully.
And then Colbert asks about which souvenirs the cast were given from the set.
Skarsgård explains that Nicole Kidman got a sword and, as far as he remembers, Willem Dafoe received a longship. Björk, he says, was given “three Icelandic horses.” And Skarsgård, who plays the film’s protagonist, got a blood-soaked g-string.
“It wasn’t a choice, it was a gift,” he says. “That’s how much they valued my performance and my contribution to this movie.”
To be fair, the bloody thong was worn during a climatic scene of mortal combat atop an erupting volcano, so it’s not just any old gore-covered scrap of underwear. And, really, as far as movie props that will definitely increase in value over time go, a nasty, bloody g-string worn for a week of shoots by Alexander Skarsgård is sure to be a much sought-after collector’s items in the near future.
[via Mashable]
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is sure to a much sought-after collector’s items —> Jesus fucking Christ
“And, really, as far as movie props that will definitely increase in value over time go, a nasty, bloody g-string worn for a week of shoots by Alexander Skarsgård Jesus fucking Christ” seems incomplete.
I dunno, makes sense if you imagine the story being read off a teleprompter by an announcer on Entertainment Tonight (or some show that isn’t from the ’80s).
It would still be better than what’s there
Skarsgård explains that Nicole Kidman got a sword and, as far as he remembers, Willem Dafoe received a longship. Björk, he says, was given “three Icelandic horses.” And Skarsgård, who plays the film’s protagonist, got a blood-soaked g-string.
Does anyone else thinks this reads like a scene out of a Brothers Grim style fairytale?
Centuries later, an unassuming commoner will receive a divine quest to reunite the Sword, Ship, Horse, and Thong once more in order to save humanity.
Pretty sure it’s deliberately meant to echo Norse sagas/folktales. Nicole Kidman may well have gotten a souvenir sword, but the longship and three horses are a little over the top. So apparently Björk rhymes with “quirk” (which, sure, makes sense). I’ve been rhyming it with “fork” like a neanderthal.
His English and his accent is better than a lot of native speakers.