These are some photos of your Viking Boyfriend at the Toronto Film Festival premiere of What Maisie Knew, otherwise known as “that movie Alexander Skarsgard shot with a little girl in which the little girl pretty much fell for his Viking charms.” I think Alex is still shooting that apocalyptic movie in Vancouver, so he probably just flew into Toronto for the weekend to promote this film. Thus, he still looks kind of scruffy and unkempt. Surprisingly, though, he doesn’t look as skinny as he did in those recent set photos – maybe he didn’t lose weight for the role after all. Maybe he’s still the same giant, Vikini beast that we all know and love.
Also – this is just a quirk of mine for men: I don’t think men should button the very top button unless they’re going to wear a tie. If they are going tieless, open the top button. Alex is a beast, for sure, but this look reads as “prissy” to me.
As for What Maisie Knew, apparently it’s getting a pretty good reception at TIFF. Alex plays the younger lover of Julianne Moore’s rocker-chick character, and most of the film is told through the perspective of the rocker chick’s daughter, Maisie. I guess it’s supposed to be a straight-forward drama, although comedic actor Steve Coogan is playing Maisie’s father. So who knows.
I’m including a photo of Julianna Moore at the TIFF premiere – her dress is McQueen, and she looks great in it.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
I’ve never gotten his appeal – I guess its just the “Swedish” tag that makes him so alluring to us peasants.
It’s not really a Swedish thing, it’s an Alex thing. But if you don’t get it, that’s fine. I don’t get the Fassy or Cumby lusts either.
Those dumb nicknames annoy the crap out of me! Have a good day! 🙂
@Sandy, I’m totally with you. I’ve said it before, he looks to me like Jim Carrey’s little brother, especially when he smiles.
I completely agree, but I like Jim Carrey.
He’s meh to me. Not hideous like Fassbender but not all that. However, I never noticed his nose was so bulbous before. Was it?
Yes, it’s always been bulbous.
I read recently that he lost 16 pounds for that movie.
I’m not feeling it. He looks like an Amish farmer.
Julianne Moore on the other hand, can do NO WRONG. She is gorgeous, talented and amazing. I wish you would show more pics of her.
+1 to everything you said.
I am an ASkars/Eric fan, but he doesn’t look that great here. Julianne though? LOVE her. She looks amazing.
I think he’s forever gorgeous but he has looked better than here. I’ll still take him though 😀
Wow yum! Love this man!! His nose looks a little swollen. Hmmm
Still hot. Pity you couldn’t include pics with he and Onata, still adorable together.
Kaye, yes, according to InStyle, he lost 16 pounds for the role:
He also had nothing that fit. For Hidden, he had to lose 16 pounds from his 203-pound frame to take on the emaciated look his character called for.
http://news.instyle.com/2012/09/08/alexander-skarsgard-tiff-fashion-emergency/
@Ellie66, his nose isn’t looking any different, it’s always been slightly bulbous.
He’s always gorgeous but then so is Julianne Moore.
He said he lost 16 pounds for it. He worked extra long the night before in order to be there and had to buy a suit last minute so he gets a pass from me (can’t believe you didn’t include any of the pictures of him and the kid)
He gets a lifetime free pass from me. He worked his hot little butt off to get there, scrambled to find that Gucci ensemble once he got there, and was nothing but smiles and smolders as he dodged handlers to spend more time taking pictures and signing things for fans. He’s quickly gaining back his “he can do no wrong” status in my eyes. Adore him! And the pictures of him and Onata? To die for, and apparently, tumblr did yesterday. 😀
Yes! I’ve almost forgot about the whole Kate Bosworth mess. Almost.
For a last minute detail on the suit . He looks great . Wonderful actor . Julianne is beautiful inside and out . When does the film come out ? I definitely want to see it . both of his films are getting great reviews . So happy for him and all of his cast on both films .He will be a great father one day . The interaction with Onata Aprile in What Maisie Knew ? is truly amazing .I like that about him . loved seeing his brother Bill there as well . Skarsgard brothers look like they are taking over the world . Stellan did not do no wrong with these sons of his . What a talented family ?
“When does the film come out?”
It hasn’t been picked up by a distributor yet, AFIK, so no release date yet.
He doesn’t do it for me, I am not into blonde men. I like them dark, bad and hot.
He looks like he was just released….from where, I don’t know.
Forever gorgeous to me!
Alex has just never done it for me… not my type.
I’m definitely anti top button buttoning. Whoever decided to make this a fashion trend needs to be taken out and flogged. It reminds me of all those horrible 90s bow-tie less tuxedos. Yuck. It’s ruining all the potential hotness and needs to be stopped.
I also think the “top button buttoned” look reminds me of the 90s. I definitely hope it doesn’t come back. It was even worse when the shirts were collarless.
Why didn’t you post any pictures of him smiling?
He had a gorgeous smile on his face the entire night. You may want to also do a spread on Alex and Onata from yesterday. He spent the entire day helping her with all the press they had to do. He is a gorgeous man with even a more beautiful heart. That is why so many women adore him.
yes! I loved the clips and pics of the two of them, esp. when he’s carrying her during the Q%A at the screening and she’s playing with his necklace and snuggling up against him because she’s tired.
I just googled the pics of him and Onata so adorable, she obviously adores him. And what a good guy to hold her when she was tired….so sweet.
and he knows the women adore him, wish he’d get a get a girlfriend, show some commitment. but you’d never know cause he doesn’t walk with them. Was he like this in Sweden?
Not doing it for me. Too skinny, bad facial hair, bad outfit. What happened to our Eric northman circa season 2 of true blood? He looked sooo much hotter and muscular then!
Bad facial hair and too thin is because he is filming a movie and is still in character. Bad suit is because it isnt his and was literally purchased off the rack from Gucci earlier that day. Give the guy a break. He’s been working in a bomb shelter for the past two months. You probably wouldn’t look your best either.
He usually doesn’t photograph well, imo, but on film he’s definitely got something.
Julianne looks amazing as always.
I think this is the best I’ve ever seen Julianne Moore. She’s gorgeous.
That brassy hair and beard suck the hotness right out of him! And the weight loss really shows on his face, which makes his nose look too bulbous, and I’m a sucker for a big nose ie. Adrien Brody, Joe Manjello 😉
Something is definitely off. I hope that this doesn’t mean that our favorite vampire is getting himself into trouble off the set as well…
Off?
@insidescoop (it won’t let me reply you for some reason)off? how’s that?
Insidescoop is trying to imply he’s on drugs or something. Which could be true. Or it could be that he flew across the country after working overtime to make sure he could be there, all the while basically starving himself and not getting to go outside much.
@sara aha, ok. thanks. i’m gonna stick with the second option 😉
Oh, I figured that’s what she was trying to imply, but was trying not to say it.
Except, as you mentioned, and has been mentioned in his last few posts, he’s been shooting a film where his character’s been in a bomb shelter for a year, so he’s not going to look healthy, he’s not supposed to be healthy.
I still think he’s gorgeous & the pictures & videos of him carrying Onata around are so sweet & swoon-worthy. Julianne Moore looks HOT! I love her!
Have you seen this pic from yesterday? He’s wearing her hair bow:
http://askarsswedishmeatballs.tumblr.com/image/31195663004
I did & it makes me love him more! The way he held her during the Q&A, the pictures of them at Variety, I swear, my heart melted.
Yes! I saw that photo and others of the two of them as well. What a great guy he is for helping Onata with the press interviews all day. That suit style he wore at the premiere isn’t my favorite look, but as others have said, he definitely gets a pass because he had to buy it the day of the screening.
MarySue, I suspect the suit was rental, not a buy. Probably already back at the store and dry-cleaned.
My poor, aching ovaries.
That is absolutely precious. Suddenly I find him way more attractive.
he looks like an amish investment banker.
You made me smile w that one!
He’s a little skinny still, but I looooove the beard. I wish he’d go scruffy more often.
Never got this man’s appeal.
Me neither.
Me neither!
And it’s not a “blond” thing, I find many blond actors attractive…Michael Pitt…Brad Pitt…ok so those are the only ones I can think of right now but that’s only because there aren’t a lot of blond actors to begin with!
But in general I’m like screw hair color, it’s all about the face, height and body!
His face isn’t doing it for me, his eyes…small, close set….his nose…pudgy,round,potato, it just a NO.
Viggo Mortensen and Dan Craig. Both blond and sexy as hell.
This guy is a big “meh” to me. I don’t get his appeal either.
In motion (ie: acting or interviews) he comes across a LOT better. And if you haven’t seen him as Eric in TrueBlood then you probably won’t get it either (and if you have and still don’t, well there is nothing I can do for you lol). He also happens to have a nice body :).
It’s funny because I will never, ever, never get the appeal of funny looking/Fug guys like Daniel Craig, Benedict Cumberwhatsit or Tom Hiddlewho *shrugs*. Different strokes for different folks and all that jazz huh. 🙂
@camille I have yet to watch True Blood, but when I do, I will probably be SUPER distracted by Joe Manganiello… uuummm hum. Now THAT is a hawt man…*got real hot in here all the sudden*
+1 more… he seem very meh to me… ???
I think he looks quite like young Viggo Mortensen. His eyes are certainly unique..
He so nice and tall and the way he looks down to whoever he’s talking to on True Blood 😉 I love him! It’s purely physical 😀
Watched an interview the other day and it was the first time I’d seen him on video or heard his voice. Was surprised to find him quite attractive, because I’d never thought so from photos. He looks better in motion. Liked his personality too.
oMG, with weight on his face (even if it is in the form of a beard)- I can see his father’s face
I like him a little heavier with less scruff, but he’s forever gorgeous to me. I love seeing him with kids.
I would sop his ass up with a biscuit. YUM.
LOL!!! 🙂 You & me both!
bulbous nose
He is so hot. I have always had a weakness for the tall, lanky, pretty ones, and he’s rewritten the book on that one. Any time. Any where. Even on one of his bad fashion days.
I prefer him with a bit more meat on his bones, and less scruff. I’d still hit it though.
Ah, Skarsgard. My Forever-Viking-Dong. I’ll forgive you for the last-minute-suit snafu, but next time, pick up a tie while you’re at it, OK? Then call me. I’ll tie your tie for you. And help you out of it later…
This isn’t his best look, but google the photos of him and the little girl, Onata Aprile . *That* is our Viking god.
He is hot, hot, hot… but he does look a bit tired…
And slightly off-topic, but there are rumors going around now that he’s been seeing Alicia Vikander for six months now. Considering he’s been working almost non-stop and by his own admission has only been back to Sweden once or twice in the last eight months, how the h-e-double matchsticks would he find the time? Granted, the rumor started with Star Mag, I believe, which makes it even more suspect…
@ Izzy:….don’t think anything’s “off”, at least in that tabloid kind of way.
Think he starved himself for his last role…think he’s European, which means less obsessive detail to “four showers a day” that we Yanks subscribe to.
And, yes…I would still hit it like he was a house on fire & it was my job to put out the flames. Would hit it HARD.
Sorry, hubby :-}