I just read though like two dozen comments on a fashion blog where people had really, really strong feelings about Alicia Vikander’s eye makeup in this Porter Magazine shoot. Do people really need to have strong feelings about it? Perhaps. On one side, it’s nice to see Alicia do an editorial with a less “natural” style, because I often think her red carpet style is too “undone” and “natural.” Like, I would love it if she did some serious smoky eyes for the red carpet. But I also think that these Porter photos make her look really tired, and like a kid wearing too much makeup. Anyway, Alicia chatted with Porter about her boyfriend, Brexit and ballet. Some highlights:
On Michael Fassbender: “We’ve never hidden the fact we’re a couple. He’s extremely hardworking. He was like, ‘Give me something new! I just need a new idea. I need to do it differently.’ I just thought that was cool. Because that was what I was trying to do, too. To push each other and come up with new ideas each time.”
On Brexit: “I couldn’t believe my eyes. I am European. I grew up in a small country. Without it, I would not be where I am right now in my career – I wouldn’t have been able to live with my three girlfriends in London. As a foreigner, I probably wouldn’t have been cast in Anna Karenina if they’d had to pay for a working visa. I hope here in America that it opens people’s eyes that you can’t just let things happen. You need to get involved.”
She became friends with Tove Lo & Icona Pop’s Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo while she was a ballet student in Stockholm: “I kind of set myself the rule that I was going to find friends who weren’t part of that [ballet scene], to get a break. They were like the cool girls. That was kind of my rave period. I couldn’t even drink because I had to go to school, but it was kind of a relief to go out and dance.”
On speaking English: “You can seem reserved when it’s not your own language, because you think about what you want to say. And you get frustrated. The worst thing is when you start to sound fluent, so people assume that you are, but you don’t have a tenth of the vocabulary as everyone else.”
I don’t think she comes across as reserved when she speaks English, but I do find her uber-posh English accent annoying, as I’ve said before, which meant a lot of you were yelling at me. Like, I think it’s great that she’s so fluent that she feels comfortable enough to take English-speaking roles and do all of this press in the UK and America. All of that is awesome and it speaks to her education, drive and ambition. But for me, personally, the posh English accent that she’s adopted sounds so strangled and fake and it’s one the reasons I find it difficult to watch her films. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As for what she says about Brexit… yes, I’m sure Brexit will really affect so many actors and so many European and British productions. It’s going to be such a mess.
Photos courtesy of Porter, WENN.
Brexit was one of those decisions made out of fear and lack of information that will make people regret later.
#trump2016
#clinton2016
Many who voted to leave already do regret it – they regretted it the day after when they realised what their protest vote did. Please friends in the US don’t make the same mistake that we did by letting fear win.
Well said Betti.
Yeah ok but nobody said that Brexit means EU citizens will need visas to work in the UK. I have a non-EU European passport and I can work in the UK without the need for a visa. It is unlikely that this will change.
I’m not that sure to be honest. I’m trying to be prepared that I might have to leave the UK one day – you just can’t trust the current government. It will be good to have a Plan B.
I spoke to a lawyer about this and so far the thinking is that any EU laws that have been incorporated into UK law will remain and everything not yet nailed down on the date we finally Brexit ie 2-3yrs after article 50 is triggered, will be chucked.
With that in mind, it’s likely that the working visa laws that govern Euros working in UK won’t change because those are already incorporated into UK law. The uncertainty lies in some EU countries taking a different interpretation and forcing us to change these incorporated laws as part of our Brexit negotiations. At that point, all bets are off.
That said, there is a class action led by a group of very wealthy people going through the courts challenging Brexit. The govt can’t or won’t do anything about Brexit until the outcome of the case. This is why TM is giving sliding dates for next year.
Unfortunately that’s exactly what it’s going to mean. That is the single issue on which most Brexiteers voted. There may be a grace period, but free movement of people is done.
Exactly, Tina. See today’s headline from the Tory party conference: Rudd pledges to prevent migrants ‘taking jobs that British people could do’.
Val, genuinely curious to know how you can work in the UK without a visa.
Bilateral agreements! Which is what the UK will have with EU countries once they exit.
There’s no way the UK is going to throw out all of its foreign workers, it is absolutely ridiculous to believe that and yes, it was one of the lies perpetrated in order to get people to vote for Brexiting.
The UK is not going to throw out all of its foreign workers, but it is not going to be a simple or automatic process to procure bilateral agreements. It’s going to be very difficult to procure a bilateral agreement with a country like Poland where their workers can work here, and agreements with even France or Germany will be difficult. The only country with which there will definitely be a bilateral agreement is Ireland. The process will be protracted and painful.
And on the subject of the laws, one of the things that the Law Commission is doing is categorising all of the laws and whether they have EU elements. They are not going to simply leave all of the EU laws in place. Removing them from domestic legislation will take many years, but it will be done.
except they can’t do that. if the uk wants to keep the single market, they have to keep freedom of movement. just ask switzerland or norway. theresa may talks big like they all do, but haven’t triggered anything so far… which is telling.
She can’t trigger anything until the outcome of the court case. Article 50 says that a country can make a declaration to leave “in accordance with its constitutional requirements.” Because we have no written constitution, it is unclear whether May can trigger Article 50 herself or whether Parliament has to approve it. The case will be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, but even with the fast track it will take months.
But make no mistake, May has been very clear that she will not accept freedom of movement. If that means the UK is leaving the single market, then that’s what it means. The hard Brexiters are firmly in the ascendancy. Soft Brexit a la Switzerland or Norway is a fantasy.
It’s not possible to have bilateral agreements with Poland, France or Germany as mentioned above, as all of those countries are within the EU. They are not permitted to negotiate individual bilateral agreements with any country. Going forward, the UK will negotiate bilateral agreements, but for countries within the EU, that means one single, bilateral agreement with the European Union.
Sure it is. The UK and Ireland, for example, have a number of bilateral agreements. There won’t be individual trade agreements with the countries of the EU, but there’s nothing preventing bilateral immigration treaties, such as the 2003 Le Touquet agreement with France.
Tina, I think EU won’t let UK to have a soft exit, honestly. I think this will be kinda like: “You want an open relationship? No, this is breakup!” thing. I think that EU will make an example out of UK. Tbh, I think that’s only logical-EU must not come out of this as weak, and it has to make it regretable for UK, to prevent this from happening again with others.
@Geekychick, I think you’re right that that will be their opening stance. However, the EU sells more to the UK than the other way around, so they have an incentive to strike a deal too. We’ll see which position gets the upper hand.
Tina, the UK and Ireland have a very unique history that predates the EU and has unique results for citizenship of the Irish born and/or their right to reside in the UK.
Susan, I am of course aware of that, which is why I said that the only bilateral immigration agreement that is guaranteed to happen is a UK-Ireland agreement. But there is nothing stopping the UK concluding non-trade related agreements with other EU countries as well.
Just to note that those rights are reciprocal and that I as a British citizen could vote in Irish elections when I lived in Dublin, and the reverse is true. Brexit is a particular problem in Ireland, where the border, which has thankfully been pretty permeable for many years, will return as the Republic of Ireland remains in the EU while the UK brexits. Lots of valuable cross-border initiatives will be in real jeopardy. Loads of British citizens are applying for Irish passports, if they qualify on ancestry grounds, in order to have an EU passport. And don’t get me started about Scotland being dragged out kicking and screaming…it’s bloody awful.
You are pretty naive to think that. I think it’s most likely that the post-Brexit UK will adopt similar rules for EU workers as the ones it has for non EU. Meaning that certain people will be able to work in the UK but only if they meet specific criteria and pay a lot of money for a visa. As a minimum I would expect you’d need a job offer before coming.
Actually, I think that believing that Britain is going to start throwing out workers and screening people is naive. The UK needs foreign workers, which is why they opened their doors in 2004 to workers from the new EU countries (only the government didn’t expect so many to arrive – a serious miscalculation on their part). So depending on which country you are from yes, you may need a job (or get enough “points”), but if you’re from say, Sweden, there may be different bilateral agreements there.
I agree to some extent but I think that there will be two different approaches…one for EU nationals already residing in the UK and one for those who wish to move to the UK in the future. The government has already mentioned this tangentially by indicating that people rushing to the UK to beat the Brexit date won’t necessarily be treated the same as people already there on the date of the vote.
I think it depends from which non-EU country you are. It’s not the same for Albania and Norway, for example. 😉
Yeah but I was talking about EU countries in particular, as Alicia comes from Sweden and was saying how without the EU she wouldn’t have been able to just move to the UK and look for (acting) work.
But yes, completely agree with you.
She is probably okay at this point of her career, and is enough of a drawing card so that productions will go through the paperwork to get her. But as she says, those just starting out, as she was, will be closed off from opportunities. Both UK and US and going through a severe period of Know-nothingism.
Love her and Fassbender together.
As an Actual Certified Brit, her accent’s never bothered me in the slightest. I do sometimes wonder if people who don’t like it have some kind of confirmation bias going on tbh. Or it might just sound weirder to an American ear, I imagine I hear an awful lot more variation in English accents than the average American.
Plus as europeans we learn British English at school and go to Britain for exchange or studies…so we end up having english accents!
ps: a french with a posh english accent
Exactly. I am an english teacher in europe and I must teach Oxford English. I joke with my students that they will someday be able to converse easily with the queen.
The BREXIT thing is too depressing to discuss, so I am sticking to the shallow…
In defence of her accent, one of my best friends is Swedish and she has exactly the same accent. I don’t think it’s affected ‘posh’, I think it’s just how the Swedes speak when they speak English. It’s just RP (received pronunciation) and not at all ‘plummy’ like Kate Middleton, where it is very affected.
Perhaps an unpopular opinion but maybe she comes across reserved because she is reserved. I am Swedish, I have worked with Swedes abroad, and with teenagers learning English, and I’ve yet to meet someone whose personality changes because they’re speaking their second language. I guess it’s just become a pet peeve of mine this explanation that she came across as cold in some interviews because speaking English is hard.
I have Swedish friends from college days and they are not reserved in the slightest! If anything they partied the hardest.
I think people tend to be more animated in their first language. Maybe that’s what she means.
I think she may be more naturally reserved, but she may also be more “enthusiastic sounding” when speaking her first language. It kind of seems that people seem “louder” (not sure if that’s the correct word) when we see athletes from other countries at the Olympics speaking their own language vs. speaking English. Even someone like Penelope Cruz seems more animated in Spanish and seems kind of “sweeter” (again, probably not the right word, but that’s the best I can come up with) in English.
I do also think people become more animated in a second language when they’ve become friendly/comfortable with the people they are hanging around, but she’s speaking to the media, where every word is analyzed. I’d be thinking carefully too about what comes out of my mouth, no matter what language I’m speaking in. The ones who are outgoing all the time like Blake Lively usually wind up sticking their feet in their mouth.
I sound a lot more animated when I speak Croatian, and much louder. When you’re trying to speak as fluently as possible, without a strong accent, it can take away from the liveliness of it.
Not true. My personality changes when I speak English. I’m a non-native speaker and am usually very, very shy and reserved. I bloom when I speak English because the language is more flexible, friendlier and I can be more distanced and thus open about communication.
every bilingual i know, and with bilingual i don’t just mean someone who speaks more than one language but someone who speaks more than one language from birth and has grown up in more than one culture, changes when they speak different languages. me included. it’s not like i have a different personality, but when i speak italian i interact differently than when i speak in english. it’s very common.
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but I thought the Brexit referendum was advisory only and that the UK may not actually pull out of the EU?
She seems likable and thoughtful enough but a little bland. But then sometimes bland is better than opening mouth and inserting foot. (looking at you Ms. Lively)
It is advisory, but it would b political suicide to ignore it. For all parties.
I’ve always felt that we will never be allowed to Brexit, but Politicians need to be seen to be doing something about it whilst doing nothing. Lots of posturing and stunting and word salads about it and in the end nothing.
The referendum was advisory only, but Brexit is definitely going to happen.
we don’t know that. ignoring it might be political suicide, but striking a bad deal would be as much of a political suicide. chances are the uk will end up like norway, which means we might be fine, since they won’t be able to stop free movement anyway.
It’s not going to happen, politically. No one in government supports remaining in the EEA.
i didn’t say remaining, i said that the change won’t be what the leavers expected e.g. freedom of movement will remain. not even swizterland, a country that has a long history on these sort of deals and even had a referendum over attempting to control immigration that the ue just ignored, managed to get restricted movement + single market. it’s either both or neither, and i doubt the uk will want to leave the single market as it would run the country to the ground.
The news over the past two days confirms that Brexit will be happening. A date for triggering Article 50 has even been announced…by March 2017.
No one sensible wants to leave the single market. But the vote was clear and the PM has said repeatedly that in a choice between the two, they choose neither. Freedom of movement is done.
@ell: you should follow the european news… not the British ones: no country in the EU wants to make it easy for the UK, there will not be a Norway or Switzerland situation at all, The council, the parliament , the commission and all the european leaders have been quite vocal about it.
Plus public opinions in most European countries are really hard on the UK, so believe me the outcome won’t be nice. The UE is going to make an example out the UK.
I love her natural look on the red carpet, although the lv pieces are a general miss. The makeup here is not my fav but I think Alicia has the sort of bone structure and figure that can pull off most looks. Her interviews have gotten better too, less calculated and more personal. she’s so much more appealing when she isn’t being shoved down our throats in an oscar wannabe pr blitz. Hopefully the tomb raider promotions won’t be round 2 of that.
People from Sweden will still probably get similar opportunities because Brexit was not about them. They’re the good Europeans. As far as immigrants go, Brexit was about Muslims and Eastern Europeans. We are seen as second class Europeans. It’s just the way it is. Nigel Farage didn’t talk about Swedes or his German wife, did he?
And how exactly are you supposed to sound natural in a foreign language?
“Brexit was about Muslims and Eastern Europeans”
Not to everyone.
I said as far the immigration issue went. Because for a lot of people it was just about immigrants. Not for everyone, but for a lot of people.
to the overwhelming majority, yes. let’s not pretend it wasn’t xenophobia that brought us brexit.
For the majority of the leave voters it was ALL about immigration, particularly aimed at those coming from Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Our press did a fine job of stirring up xenophobia.
That’s so true. As a Polish person I hear horrible stories every day. Since Brexit happened, Polish people are attacked daily in the UK and a few weeks ago a man was beaten to death on the street by a group of 15-year olds for speaking Polish and another one barely survived. All of the perpetrators cite Brexit as their reason. They thought that all “bad immigrants” will disappear the second after the referendum and now they are mad it hasn’t happened. I’m sure it’s just as bad for other Central/Eastern Europeans and people of colour, but I doubt any white Western European person needs to be scared to walk the streets and speak their languages.
Unfortunately, I think this is the truth. people who voted don’t want to hear it, but it is. And don’t get me started about “second-class Europeans”. As a Croatian, I’ve encountered it so many times, I’ve lost count. It’s especially noticable in science, and especially in very “western countries”. I’ve had a lady in austrian Ikea comment (loudly) on me as a child to her husband: “just pass her, what she’s gonna do, complain you pushed the line? No one understands those dirty ***** anyway”. I was 12, and I was fluent in English and understood German…she made me feel so humiliated. And that was not the last time or example of that kind of stance.
(Disclaimer: I love EU, no matter it’s flaws. I think it is and was a great and noble concept.)
I’m from Croatia too! And I know what you mean. We face prejudice for being sort of Eastern European and sort of being from the Balkans.
ha Austria is not a good example.. am french was in Vienna in May… and man are they racists and to french! So I cannot imagine your experience! this is horrible and I amorally sorry that you had to experience this in your life! truly
Come to France;)
@Locke Lamora. Spot on comment. Brexit was about Muslims and Eastern Europeans and also about “europeans” telling the UK how to govern. The ‘net’ and the press played its part.
@Norman Bates’ Mother. My heart goes out to the Polish community for their loss as no one should have to live in fear or die because of bigotry and racist views. When Jo Cox the MP was killed in Yorkshire, my family took that as a sign of things to come.
Will the UK leave the EU. My opinion no. The city and the blue chip companies do not want it. When people start lossing jobs and economy starts going down, the UK will settle for one foot in and one foot out of the EU.
People in the City are sh**ng bricks. The government has made it very clear today that they do not care what the City thinks. There is no functional opposition. The Brexit lunatics are very much in charge of the asylum.
This divide between “good” and “bad” migration seems to everywhere right now (I’m not a Brit) and sadly, it’s often just code for white and not-white. Or rich and poor. Or Christian and not-Christian. Even the language used is maddening … for example, the way Eastern Europeans or Muslims who move to the UK are “migrants” but Brits who, say, move to Spain or Portugal to retire in the sun are “expats.” And Boris Johnson used to bang on about wanting to accept more people from Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc because of Commonwealth “cultural ties” but he’d never, ever mention India because surprise, that would be “bad” migration. Urgh…
edit. Oh I guess I should mention her makeup … it’s a bit, aggressive? It makes her look older and more masculine somehow, which isn’t necessarily bad but is slightly jarring.
I love her. I think she’s adorable, and it’s just refreshing to see an actress that doesn’t play the celebrity part. I want a British accent 😭
I wonder if the stylists were trying to do 90s heroin chic here, with the eye makeup? I like what she has to say.
I forgot that she’s European. Why do I keep thinking she’s American?
I’ve found that most Europeans who learn English tend to learn RP. Then she’s probably going to be trying to suppress the remnants of her Swedish accent so as not to sound too ‘foreign’, which might be where her slight garbled-ness comes from.
I might be projecting, but I’ve lived abroad and while I was learning the language, even if I sounded near-fluent to someone I was having a brief conversation with, I was a lot more reticent to joke around than I usually would be because I didn’t quite fully get the nuances of the language and their humour.
Pretty much everyone I know learned English with an American pronounciation. And I’m European. I guess it depends where you’re from. What kind of accent does Alexander Skarsgård have?
Oh fair enough! I taught English as a second language in some continental schools and everyone sounded very British there, though I think the pupils at bigger international schools do sound pretty American. You’re right, I imagine it completely depends.
All my professors in (public) schools and the schoolbooks we used were for British English. You get the American from movies and songs, but they pushed us for British in school. Colour. 😉
Geekychic, we’re from the same country! All of my textbooks were written in British English,yet I never had a teacher that talked with a British accent.
I learned English with a British accent. It was all we learned in junior school, in high school we could pick for ourselves but had to stick to one (obviously). Since we started with British English I stuck with it. My kids are learning British English too.
All the Skarsgårds speak with American accents. AFAIK Stellan brought them with him to the US quite often which might explain why they’ve chosen an American accent.
Alexander Skarsgard definitely has a very strong/good American English accent but that was intentional I understand. I can’t remember exactly, but he either went to an American school abroad or intensively worked with a dialect coach to adopt an American accent because he wanted to focus on US based work.
Locke! Hi!!! 🙂 so glad to find a fellow croatian. My english teachers were ladies obsessed with british english. :)))) hahaha, so many differences, even in our small country!!
I’m teaching ESL right now in Canada, but I am American and have a rather New Yorker accent. So it probably depends on who teaches you too. I pronounce things totally different from Canadians (and always forget about the spelling differences too like color/colour).
Alicia has lived in London’s Notting Hill area for a number of years now so I am not surprised her accent is RP-ish. That is the English accent she is mostly surrounded by outside of her bedroom 😉
My friend is Italian and moved here to Ireland speaking no English at all in her early teens. She is now fluent in English and has a strong Dublin accent tinged with her original Italian accent.
I don’t think Vikander’s accent is affected. Neither is my friend’s. As they break out of their heavy native accent, they can easily absorb elements of the new accent they’re surrounded by. Same as people who speak the same language absorbing some dialect when they move elsewhere. Vikander has lived in London for years…the posh English accent is something she probably does unconsciously.
I really like her. I don’t know what people see so calculated about her, I find her adorable.
Same here. She won me over in ex Machina. I went back and watched her previous work and was impressed and I’ve seen everything since. She’s one of my favorites.
Plus, I very much like her personal style.
She says they haven’t tried to hide their relationship, but they are rarely seen together and look miserable most of the time when they are together. Such an odd relationship.
actors can’t win, can they? if they pap stroll they’re attention seeking, if they don’t court attention is why are they never together. oh dear.
I just think if they truly are in love, they’d be more affectionate. Maybe that’s just me or I remember how Fassbender was with Nicole.
Not everyone enjoys public affection, in fact – the thought sickens me
I do think it’s funny when people admit they benefit from this country then turn around to condemn it’s population for supposedly being noninclusive, when Britain is one of the most welcoming multi-cultural countries in the world. It’s a bit of a slap in the face, really. Brexit wasn’t about stopping immigration, but it did have something to do with posing some limitation on who can enter and for what reason. As it stands anyone from anywhere in the EU can (and SOMETIMES, not always, do) abuse the system here and put unrestricted pressure on our public infrastructure and services. The whole immigration debate is simply about regulation not absolute prevention, from both EU AND non-EU migrants. Why don’t you also take a potshot at Canada, Australia, Singapore, China, New Zealand etc. about their immigration policies? The fact is the ECJ and the European Commission are corrupt and the UK wants it’s sovereignty back, end of.
By her logic, Audrey Hepburn wouldn’t have been hired to play Holly Golightly. Or Jackie Chan wouldn’t have been hired to star in Rush Hour. It’s total nonsense.
I do think it’s funny that a country that has benefited so so much from colonialism and exploiting other countries and reaps benefits to this day condemns immigration so much.
Locke: You said it before I could. The multiculturalism is easy when the country colonized half of the planet.
You should be awarded for this comment, Locke. So classy, yet so true.
Nothing hurts more than the truth, Sophimus!
but the people who voted leave are non-inclusive!
Susan,
The worry you’re referring to has to do with the fear of empowering other equally creepy anti-immigrant jingoist movements in the respective nation-state constituents. From what I read, strictly circumscribed to Britain, the momentum of various European leaders is that it can shit or get off the pot already.
Agreed, without the bias of an anti-Brexit filter on her comments, her statement basically amounts to…Brexit isn’t good for me personally. There is nothing in her opinion that relates to whether or not Brexit is potentially beneficial to UK citizens.
I have to wonder how much up in arms people would be if it was Greece or another country where immigration isn’t lopsided into the country that was leaving. People really hate that the UK is particularly leaving….because that is where people want to get their jobs and/or take advantage of other benefits. It’s very telling.
No, people hate that the UK in particular is leaving because UK was always treated like a special, bratty child. Everyone will take euro, but UK won’t. Everyone will have the same stance on Iraq and Afghanistan, but UK won’t (which was against the basic principles on which EU was built!)-look where it got you. and now, the bratty child wants out of class, but still wants to keep the best toys that all of the pupils bought together, or even before UK came to the school.
We’re kind of exasperated and our patience is running thin, that’s all.
Ha ! you think?
Actually MOST europeans are PLEASED that the UK left! there were polls conduced in many countries and more 70 % of the population is quite content!
As Geekychick said our patience was running thin for a very looooooong time! People in Europe are relieved that the spoiled one that was blocking any decision is finally out!
You think that’s where people want to find jobs? Ha again… let’s see how it will turn when The City will loose its european passeport (main attraction to foreign investments).
ALL non UE investors have already backed from the UK, most companies are relocating to continental Europe (to the delight of cities like Paris, Amsterdam o Frankfort).
There are already effects from the brexit on every level … but you think people are pissed off because they can’t come over for jobs? That’s adorable!
ps: many european ambassies had their website shut down because some brits wanted European passports… no the other way around…
ps2: and don’t get me started about the supposed “taking advantage of benefits” … ha again ,take a look to Scandinavian or french or german or benelux actual healthcare , education and other benefits.; and then tell me again how attractive the UK is in terms of “benefits”
Lol, I’m not British so not sure why you keep saying “you”.
And I’m not sure about the accuracy of your assessment about “most” Europeans either. They might be happy the UK is leaving for a variety of reasons, one of which is clearly anti-English sentiment or resentment as reflected quite well in these responses to my comment. And if “most” Europeans think that England is shooting themselves in the foot and stupid to leave, why is there so much worry that Brexit is going to lead to a domino effect around Europe, with other countries calling their own referendums?
Susan,
The worry you’re referring to has to do with the fear of empowering other equally creepy anti-immigrant jingoist movements in the respective nation-state constituents. From what I read, strictly circumscribed to Britain, the momentum of various European leaders is that it can shit or get off the pot already.
Sorry to nag, but please don’t use “England” and “Britain” as interchangeable.
@Sophimus. I get a feeling that she will never bring up that subject matter again.
Meh I Like her A Lot, and her (acting) choices too … I like this makeup more than whatever she usually does for carpets
Isn’t she Danish? Danes can sound super posh English when they speak English – if you find videos on YouTube of Queen Margrethe of Denmark speaking English, you could swear she was part of the British RF.
Swedish.
First – you only change your accent if you really want too. And for some people is really hard to change it. Phonetic explains why.
Second – Scandinavians speak exceptional English. Linguistics explains why.
Third – It was pretty predictable this political scenario in Europe. Politics and History explains why.
And that’s my problem with Alicia VIkander: she does not have a clear opinion about what she thinks; who she is in other words. Because she hides her persona. Everything looks staged in her carreer. Starting by her accent. I don’t buy her at all.
Is that thing… In America you don’t have to be a lion, but if the papers said so…
It might be why she got an Oscar.
I like her & I admire her ambition, drive and the fact that she isn’t afraid to express being ambitious & driven. Wish more women were like this.
But it bothers me that in every single of her interviews over the past year (or more), Fassbender is mentioned. Her PR needs to tone it down & let her stand on her own merits instead of tying her to him constantly (esp as they claim they want to be private). She wasn’t mentioned in HIS interviews or press until their film was released last month.
How can such a hard-working, driven career woman be OK with constantly having her boyfriend’s name mentioned in all of her press?? Love Fassy but there are so many more interesting things about her than who she’s sleeping with, I’m sure.
Politics aside…she’s an okay enough actress, & I never said she was a good one (although she might become one in time). I think she hasn’t yet developed the ability to lose herself when playing a character, but I can see why people use her in advertisements & endorsements.
She’s naturally pretty, & she’s one of those broads who look better without (or with minimal) makeup.
Most women are.
Look at how youthful Alicia Keys is rocking a bare face.
The lack of creativity & diversity in her styling & wardrobe are what usually makes her red carpet appearances a yawn. This cover is a departure from that, but its also an example of how it can go wrong.
I think she has peaked. She and Michael Fassbender were called out badly for attempting to use their personal relationship to sell The Light Between Oceans which has failed dismally both critically and commercially (although don’t tell their fans this. Apparently the sun shines directly out of Alicia’s glory hole). Her movies make no money and her Oscar is a fraudulent one (if you have seen the Danish Girl, you will understand this pov). Even Tomb Raider fans are against her playing Lara Croft. I can’t see her getting any more high profile roles after so many badly received films in a row (The Man from Uncle, Jason Bourne, The Light Between Oceans, TDG = average reviews). In reviews for Uncle, she is hardly mentioned which was unsurprising as she is terrible in it (she is mentioned mainly for her outfits but nary a comment on her actual performance). She cannot keep her accent in line – an issue that was also noted in reviews for Uncle and Bourne. the only accent she can really keep up with is an upper class british. Alicia Vikander is the perfect example of how winning an oscar (especially a cheaty oscar) doesn’t equal fantastic actor who will take the box office by storm. Jennifer Lawrence is an average actress but has the charisma and personality to appeal to people from across the board. Alicia seems to live in her own world where Europeans are the be all and end all. Why do I say that? Because she has claims to dislike America/American culture, yet she is happy to earn the green and take American acting jobs. Now her latest movie is a terrible flop: America has spoken, Alicia! Tomb Raider may be the final nail in the coffin after a string of poorly received projects.
…basically she’s this years audrey tatou or noomi rapace both of who were not good in HW movies…looks like Lea Seydoux is the same ….all very pretty though….her role in Bourne was such a let down but then I never thought the series would be so horrible to its female co-stars…bring back Joan Allen pleese….as for Brexit…Bring It!…