Alicia Vikander really is going to have a breakout year. This happens every other year or so, when an actor has been working consistently and then everything comes out within a six-month span and people are like, “Whoa, this person has RANGE.” That happened to Jessica Chastain several years ago. Alicia is this year’s Jessica Chastain. Only it feels like Alicia really, really wants it. She’s been preparing herself for it. She welcomes it. Alicia sat down with the Daily Beast for a lengthy and interesting new interview to promote Testament of Youth (with Kit Harington) – go here to read the full piece. Some highlights:
Working on The Danish Girl, seeing Caitlyn Jenner’s VF cover: “Yes, the Vanity Fair cover! It was a beautiful cover. It’s interesting what topics are being told, because people say that the film is ‘so now,’ but The Danish Girl took 12 years to develop. In society, it takes time for people to realize what is happening.”
Playing a robot in Ex-Machina: “The silver mesh that you see, except for the parts where I’m see-through, that’s just a whole Spider-Man suit. And the actual head that’s put on my skull they build on top, so I had a bald cap that was the silver mesh, and then they built my forehead on top of my skull every morning, which took almost four hours.”
The future of artificial intelligence: “You’re afraid of the unknown, afraid of losing control, and afraid that machines are taking control of humanity. Since I was doing the character of Ava and felt along with her, in a way, Alex reminded me how if you believe that you can make a consciousness, then we need to take care of it in the same way we do every consciousness. There’s so much evil in humanity, and what if this could be something greater than that?”
Finding the right roles: “It is still very hard in this industry to find very strong female characters.”
Her costar Kit Harington: “I’ve seen about four episodes of Game of Thrones! I know he has long hair on the show. We were both in a film called Seventh Son, and became friends off set. It’s in his contract, I think, that he can’t cut his hair! But when I saw him with a wig on [in Testament], I was surprised by how good it looked.”
Being in-demand as an actress: “It feels a bit surreal that I’ve been working with such high-profile directors that I’ve looked up to, and actors that I saw on the big screen growing up in Sweden. It’s all very exciting.”
Oh, that answers some questions I had about Kit in Testament of Youth. I was wondering why he looked so different and baby-faced and it was because he not only shaved Jon Snow’s beard, but he was wearing a wig. Got it. As for the rest of it… she talks at length about her character in Youth but am I wrong for not really being interested in this film at all? It’s got a strong female lead so I feel like I should be more into it than I am. Meh, I’d rather see Far From the Madding Crowd.
Here are some photos from a Tuesday screening/premiere in NYC. She wore Louis Vuitton (she’s the brand ambassador for LV).
Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN, Fame/Flynet.
I’m probably going to get heat for this but I don’t need a “strong female character”. I want a “well written female character”. I don’t want a female character that suddenly becomes inept the minute a guy she likes shows up despite beating everything in a country mile in front of her twenty minutes into a movie. I don’t want a female character who’s sole focus is to land a dude (unless we’re talking about romance movies, I guess, but I don’t really watch those). I don’t want a female character that’s “so strong and prickly but just needs the right man to be saaaaaaaaved and become all s’more goopy” because that trope is so old it’s drawing social security checks.
Give me a Ripley from the “Alien” series–she was written gender neutral and just eventually played by Weaver. That’s all I ask for. “Edge of Tomorrow” came so, so close and that’s the only one I can think of in recent memory.
YES!
They arent necessarily mutually exclusive though. I mean there’s nothing wrong with a female character having a love interest with a male character so long as it doesn’t become her story, and dependent on him. That’s my two cents on it anyway.
(Hell in the directors cut of Aliens there was strong hints about Hicks which is where Cameron wanted to take the character if he directed Alien3)
Completely agree – as long as the female character is well written I am okay with it.
PS: Angelina Jolie Pitt’s characters in Wanted & Salt are pretty amazing and gender neutral.
Really? Having a gun and being able to run fast in heels does not equate to a well written strong female role. Not only that, Wanted was okay but Salt was terrible.
YES- Angie always plays strong characters- even in fun films. Also, A Mighty Heart, Girl Interrupted, and even Tomb Raider- Angie changed the game for dramatic, Oscar winning actors by taking such a high profile, kick ass role. As usual, everybody mocked her (STAY IN YOUR BOX JOLIE!!) for doing this and then everybody tried/tries to copy her (some less successfully than others). I would argue that Christine Collins (Changeling) was a strong character, too- yes, she was shy, poor & down-trodden, but she fought the system with so much passion & dignity. Her accomplishment is even more amazing when you think of how little power single mothers had back then, plus all the scorn they has to endure. I really appreciate how beautifully Angie wrote the female characters in Blood & Honey, too.
You should see Weaver in Snow Cake. It’s one of the best under the radar films of the past ten years. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/
Hum, you realize that Ripley is a great example of strong woman, yesh?
Katniss in the first Hunger Games book/film is a good example of the type of character you mean – the male characters are completely peripheral to her character development. I suspect that was part of the reason for its gigantic box office success.
Oh yes she is but she’s a well written character as well with very few tropes thrown in.
I could be wrong but I didn’t take her comment to mean characters who were either physically or mentally strong but strong as in characters that have a bit of substance to them, that are complex and allow the actresses who play them to show some range. Even Ex-Machina, which is being touted as a feminist film, is slightly problematic so I don’t disagree with that viewpoint.
Yep, that’s how I took it as well. Characters that are 3-dimensional, instead of beaing empty vessels that act as props and a background for men in the story.
Completely agree. I’m wondering if she means strongly written though, or just tough and heroic. But definitely for me, it’s all about the writing and development of a character.
Also, just saw Far From the Madding Crowd – it was well done, but sloooow. And while it did have a female lead, the sole focus is which man she ends up with.
There’s a great character in theaters now; Furiosa in Mad Max. Incredibly strong and very feminine. Max’s equal as opposed to “showing him how it’s done” or falling apart once he’s there.
Anyone wanting great female characters in genre films needs to support this movie!
Zero part of me wanted to see the Mad Max movie, but I did it for my husband. Despite being the dustiest movie I saw in my life it was actually quite good. And Furiosa is THE BOMB.
Or Furiosa.
Saw somewhere that Furiosa in Mad Mac could not be a “strong” female caractere as in the end, she needed Max, but FFS’ being strong is also knowing when you need help.
Or Take Zoey and River in Firefly.
Zoe was everything. Plus, she was half of the first interracial couple I saw that looked like my then boyfriend (now husband) and I in HS. Her and Wash made me so happy.
Joss, I will never forgive you for killing Wash. Never. /seethe.
I’m still angry about Wash
Yas! Furiosa and Zoe from Firefly.
I think within this context, “strong female character” is shorthand for “prominent, well written character”.
I feel like that’s sort of the buzz phrase that all actresses have agreed to say in interviews or something. Kind of like when lots of actresses were complaining about being asked who designed their (free) gown on the red carpet. I honestly don’t see any lack of “strong” or interesting roles for women in films the last few years. Even a lot of action films these days star women in the principal role.
It’s hard to find strong well developed characters in Hollywood films because the majority of the studio films are plot driven rather than character driven.
Yes. Plot + trope (or cliche, depending on your prejudice!) + FX = Hollywood.
Those of us interested in character and real storytelling watch good quality TV and indie films, where women’s stories are getting more and more realistic and more and more common. Still a way to go, though!
Eh, I disagree. There’s plenty of well-written roles for men that concentrate on their inner life, feelings etc. The problem is, once it’s done with a man it’s supposed to be ebough and no one sees the need to make similar stories with women in the main role because everyone’s supposed to indentify with men’s struggles. They’re the “norm”. Those of women, however, are only for women *sigh*
Not sure if she’s trying to imply with the Danish Girl comment that film tends to be more progressive than the rest of society because… #OscarsSoWhite.
There are a lot of stories that artists really have to fight to make because the money folk do think it’ll be a worthwhile investment. I’m guessing that with the Danish Girl comment they’ve been getting a lot of comments about how timely the movie is.
And we really are at the mercy of what a small group of old white dudes think that people will pay money to see. Or what will be showered in awards. Which is how there’s another Steve Jobs movie that no one asked for coming out.
**that should say “don’t think it’ll be a worthwhile investment”. Auto correct will be the end of me.
She needs to reign in her ‘tude – am sure she is talented (have yet to see anything she’s been in) but she comes across in her interviews as a bit pretentious and someone who is enamoured by her looks and ‘talent’ – another Natalie Portman.
She’s also hungry for the fame – hence hooking up with one of the biggest hound dog’s around at the moment.
Ex Machina is a really good movie; well worth watching. She plays the AI Ava.
Yes, I thought she was wonderful in that. Talented and so, so beautiful.
I fail to see the beauty.
I enjoyed Ex Machina and the way it ended, wondering if they have a sequel planned.
I went to the London premiere of Testament of Youth in January, which included a Q&A with Alicia Vikander, the director, producer and the fabulous Dame Shirley Williams – she is a pretty extraordinary politician and figure in her own right and is the daughter of Vera Brittain, whose memoirs the film is based on.
Vikander did not come across at all as pretentious or arrogant. If anything her intelligence and modesty shone through for me. I also saw her posing for lots of selfies when I came out of the loos and almost walked in to her. No VIP exit for her.
I had seen A Royal Affair but didn’t know loads about her and I left the screening a fan.
Well, I, for one, agree with you. That quote she gave (elsewhere) about being ready for fame was my introduction to her and it really turned me off. We’re off to a bad start, Alicia and I. Plus, I’m jealous of her dating life!
She was amazing in A Royal Affair and Ex-Machina and I’m looking forward to A Testament of Youth. I don’t mind her thirst and confidence, in fact I find it refreshing compared to the fake, overly self-depreciating schtick that so many celebrities do. It is interesting that she apparently left an awards baity film with Tom Hanks to do Bourne 5 and a supporting role in Assassin’s Creed. I think she really wants to be a big time movie star and a critical darling a la Jennifer Lawrence rather than sticking to only awards-bait stuff like Carey Mulligan and she definitely has the potential to do so. Does anyone know if she replaced Michelle Williams for LV or is Michelle still with LV too?
Also, completely agree that Hollywood lacks in well-written, rounded female characters. I think that’s why people were so thrilled with Mad Max’s Furiosa.
I agree with all of this, and don’t think young women should be shamed for confidence and ambition. Far better than all the faux modesty bs.
I don’t mind confidence – far from it – I just find her Oscar-aspiration talk a bit arrogant.
I respect how she’s so up-front about her ambition and wanting to be better known. She owns it and isn’t afraid to admit it. And as you said, it’s far more honest than the usual “well, I’m so private and don’t like fame, but let me tell you all about my personal life or have my publicist leak stories to the tabloids!”
Yes, I don’t see why confident, skilled, hard-working persons should be shamed for wanting recognition for their achievements. Isn’t this what we’ve been trying to help women do, assert themselves and advance in their fields? Glad she wants it, glad she’s comfortable with wanting it, I hope she lives up to her promise is all.
I respect her hustle also. Wasn’t sure I liked her before but now I do. She’s talented and I’m deffo planning to check out her other movies.
She just strikes me as content with herself which is great. Maybe people are not used to seeing that, especially in women. I’m so over the insecure, nervous and clumsy schtick that JLaw & co have been doing for years.
@qwerty. I am tired of JLaw clumsy crap too. But aren’t you tired of Michael Fassbender’s humility? Just sayin’
I don;t know much about MF. JLaw is always in your face when she’s promoting something, all the time, every day for weeks sometimes. Fassbender, I barely hear about him and I follow popculture a lot.
Agree. Her confidence and ambition supported by real talent are refreshing. I’ve never thought she’s pretentious and arrogant. But be sure that those two Fassy’s buttheart stans will always find a way to drag her down. Arrogant,snob,entitled are not the worst things these morons are busy writing everywhere.
I have no problems with her attitude, either. She’s actually good and, IIRC, actually has a degree. Let the woman have some confidence in herself.
LOL!…even when Vikander makes an attempt to contain her ‘tude (even if a little, and most likely because her publicist told her to) she STILL comes off as pretentious and enamored with herself.
I think Vikander is good not great…yet, I do get the feeling that she very much wants to have the kind of career and critical respect that Jennifer Lawrence has, absolutely.
I don’t mind that she’s confident but its obvs that her success back home and the recent high profile roles have gone to her pretty little head – she hasn’t ‘broke through’ just yet. Some of the movies she’s been in sound interesting, will have to check them out.
@Betti: Agreed.
She’s slated to be the next big thing. Wasn’t that also said about Margot Robbie?
Ex Machina only made over 5 mill opening weekend. Did they even promote that film? Or could it be because she’s an unknown to most people, people have had their fill of cyborg flicks and the trailer looked too cheesy.
V4Real: Ex Machina had a very limited opening. It averaged $62,489 per-theater, which is at least twice the average that any other movie playing had.
Ex Machina was so much more than a “cyborg flick.”
Ex Machina had a limited opening weekend and than a wide opening weekend still to not do well. It was playing all over the East Coast. Still the movie goers just wasn’t interested in seeing it. It came in number 6.
I’m not saying it was just a cyborg flick but to the general public who mostly only see movies because the trailers look good wasn’t buying into it. The trailer just looked like a cheesy cyborg trailer and people were not interested. If it was promoted better limited release or not people would have probably gone to see it.
She said that she admires JLaw in a Hollywood Reporter interview
I don’t find her pretentious at all, just confident and intelligent. She’s proven that she is extremely talented and she’s excited about the opportunities that she’s been given recently. I admire her for all of this. I’m guessing that if a male actor were saying similar things, no one would bat an eyelash, but for some reason our society expects women to simper and downplay their abilities.
YES. THIS.
I’m pretty sure a lot of commenters would react the same if a man said it.
Eh, I disagree. I guess I just don’t see this “extremely talented” thing she’s got going on.
IKR? A woman who dares to like herself. This bitch.
Louis Vuitton is not for her.
Some people are good at what they do and obnoxious in the same time. I think Alicia is one of those people.
Amen to that.
ugh, I don’t see her becoming a star of JLaw calibre simply because she doesn’t ooze that ‘efortless’ charisma (as much as I find it forced and childlish). She was alright in Ex Machina, reminded me a bit of Sean Young in Blade Runner, but nothing about her acting and persona stands out. She’s prettier on film than in stills yet nothing too exciting here as well, like some Jessica Alba-Rose Byrne hybrid.
Sean Young – that’s who her ‘tude reminds me off, a young Sean. She was notorious for her obnoxious behaviour when she first ‘arrived’ – so much that it cost her a very promising career. Shame thou as she was a talented actress.
This. To become a huge movie star you must have big personality and she hasn’t it. People are bored already with her and she isn’t so famous. Even her first interview with NY times was a mess ( they called her thinking man’s Blake Lively!). She cans have a Chastain career but she will not a big star like Jlaw or Jolie
She looks like Pippa Middletone’s twin…
I rather thought she looked like Nicole Ritchie. And a little bit like Rose Byrne in the first picture.
Wow, an article that could have mentioned Fassy but didn’t! Shocking!
@Rose: The NYT’s called her “the thinking man’s Blake Lively”?!…good Lord, talk about a back handed complement! (LOL!).
@Helo
This is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/style/theres-no-easy-way-to-get-insidealicia-vikanders-head.html
All that article is priceless LOL
Thanks for linking to that article – it’s priceless, as you say. Vikander and her PR team must obviously have pissed off the journalist big time – the ‘thinking man’s Blake Lively’ is a magnificent piece of shade!
@Rose: Thanks so much for the link to the article!…you’re right-priceless from start to finish and unintentionally hilarious!.
Her PR team pissed off the journalist with the inteview at the MoMA.She was not shading her.
She said that she can’t wait to be ‘actually famous’ LOL Girl, bye
OMG hahahaha Girl bye is right. This kinda talk doesnt fly with the American audience and America is who she needs to impress if she wants to be famous
Im so sick of all this feminist talk when a black actress still gets treated like a second class citizen so what is she talking about Assbender will make sure she gets more roles I didn’t read the article but from what I read here she’s getting roles so what’s the complaint.
@Tonya, I agree with you 100%. They are great black actresses and black actors who are still treated like nothing. And still make this Swedish twinkle toes the talk of the town. Her acting is good but not great, but yet you have black actresses like Nicole Behare, Rutina Wesley and of course Lupita N’yongo who can act rings around this Twinkle Toes. #Hollywoodissowhiteandpathetic.
Lupita is not great, she is average at best.
Thank you Ki Ki it’s amazing to me how they come out if nowhere and get so much how does that work different strokes for different folks I guess and I don’t care what anyone says he kept Nicole hidden and I hoped she learned from this oh she got a mention in a magazine and that was it please.
@Kiki I liked Lupita in 12 YAS,but she hasn’t proved anything. She won an Oscar with ONE film in her filmography. I’m not sure she deserved it.A least Vikander has proved to have a better range.
Lupita didn’t prove anything, what? As you point out, she won an Oscar with ONE film, her first time out! Vikander has never and will never do that. Lupita hasn’t been given the chance to show if she has range because she hasn’t been cast in anything because Hollywood is racist. Come on son, what is Hollywood going to do with a dark-skinned black woman with a short natural if she’s not playing a slave? There can only be so many zombie killers.
Speaking of… Lupita has slayed Vikander in all the ways where she’s had the chance to – red carpet fashion & cute street style, doll-like beauty, intelligence honed through an Ivy League education, a likeable personality (not nearly so polarizing) – Lupita comes across as confident and ambitious to me as well, but never arrogant or entitled. When she says she’s keeping her private life private, she does just that without any silly games. I’ve never seen a journo shade her, and certainly she has never been called “the thinking man’s Blake Lively.” And I’m not even a Lupita stan, despite how that last paragraph reads. But let’s be real here.
Meanwhile, Vikander has yet to blow it out of the water in a career-defining/career-making performance the way JLaw did in Winter’s Bone, the way Margot Robbie did in WOWS, the way Marion Cotillard did in La Vie en Rose, and yes, the way Lupita did in 12YAS. Maybe The Danish Girl will be that for Vikander, maybe she’ll hold her own against Redmayne and everyone will go wow, and all the haters will eat crow. But she hasn’t blown it out yet. TOY is not it. Neither is Ex Machina or A Royal Affair. So if we’re going to talk about proving something, let’s start there.
@Noah: I don’t like to play the “race” card, I hate it, but let’s be blunt, the situation is that Lupita -and other black, latino, or -place minority here- won’t have an easy time getting roles, just because of their skin tone.
Meanwhile, I see a Swedish woman in these pics with a tan, and I maybe wrong, but I think she has a lighter skin tone, Vikander by “default” could get more roles -even those of portraying a Latina woman, just basing it on these pics- and more attention than women that are part of minorities.
One of the critics out there of AC, is that the game has many ethnic characters and only two names of white women have been “released” as possible actors for the film. Hope it is not the case though, that the diversity gets represented.
And here we go…Why does nearly every post on this site turn into a discussion of race?!
I wonder that every time I come here.
@ozmom: It was a reply towards @Noah. Him (I think he is a -whilte- male based on his moniker) -sorry I am a Latina woman that knows what is like to lose good opportunities because of my heritage and being told straight out this to my face — was saying that Alicia had more under her belt than Lupita, and that Lupita hasn’t proved anything.
Now, can you truly write to me that Lupita even with an Oscar will get more roles or attention than Alicia and that her skin tone does not matter? Really, even in the same or in a similar age, Alicia is white, she by default will get more roles and opportunities. Heck, what is this interview about? Hard to find good strong female roles…. ask Maggie G. she is 37 and could not play the wife of a 55 year old, now I don’t know why, but something tells me that Alicia would have been considered and given the role Maggie G. was talking about. Or you are seriously telling me that no, that is not the case?
If you’re sick of hearing about race, imagine how people of color feel. They can’t turn it off; they’re reminded of their subpar social status every time they read about a white celebrity’s lack of opportunities or realize that a feminist is actually not interested in intersectionality at all.
I for one welcome the dialogue. We white people have been dominating every conversation and media genre for FAR too long. I love seeing insights that I wouldn’t have considered otherwise; every single time, my perspective opens up just a little. Try it sometime.
@Harvey’s Girl @Lola I’m not blaming Lupita,I know that she has not the same opportunities as Jennifer Lawrence.Maybe she’s also being very selective after her Oscar win. Lupita has won an Oscar with one movie in her filmography.Objectively,she has won an Oscar without proving to have range. Lupita has not proved that she can act circles around Vikander. I’m not interested in her red carpet fashion and cute street style,I’m talking about acting.
But, by giving that one amazing performance and subsequently winning an Oscar for it, Lupita has already acted circles around Vikander, who has yet to bring it like that in any one of her many roles. And quite frankly, I’m not sure what this “range” is you’re talking about when it comes to Vikander, as I’ve seen every movie of hers that’s been praised, and while the films themselves are sort of diverse (that’s me being generous, because really only Ex Machina stands out as wildly different), I’ve found her to be quite similar in each of them. Not much range from what I’ve seen, TBH. Maybe some of her newer releases will prove otherwise. Lucky her to have the opportunity to prove so.
I brought up her style and education and personality because in addition to acting, these are all things Vikander is continuously praised for even in these comments, these are the things that supposedly make her IT. So that was more a general comment that goes beyond what you said.
@Harvey’s girl Most people would disagree about Margot Robbie’s “career-making” performance or Lupita’s “amazing” performance. I liked her but she was not the most deserving among the nominees,IMO. But the Oscars are notorious for not always awarding the most deserving performances and movies.I find her very capable of giving diverse performances,this is the range I was speaking about. I have yet to see it in Lupita’s acting. Whether you like Vikander or not,Lupita has not proved that she can act circles around other good actors,but I wish her the best nonetheless. I’m not interested in her fashion style,but I think it’s very remarkable that she learned a new language for A Royal Affair in two months,like I’ve read. Her accent work is also very good. Why not praise her?
@Noah: Did she learn a new language fully or did she learn what she needed for the movie? Rosetta Stone does wonders.
Other actors have learned a language for their roles and some know other languages and they act using them. I can recall Inglourious Basters. Daniel Bruhl speaks many languages.
So it’s not something new and she is not the first person to do it. And, probably won’t be the last.
Please. Just. Stop. Talking.
I rather read an interview about Blake not so Lively than this girl. Jessica Chastain has talent and range while Alicia seems another generic Hollywood wanna be. Yes, I’ve seen Ex Machina and Royal Affair and still i’m not impressed.
I’m impressed by the fact that she had to learn to speak Danish in order to play her part in Royal Affair. And Ex Machina was in English with an American accent. and apparently her English accent in Testatment is spot on. So no, not a typical Hollywood wanna be for me.
Yes, Vikander has real talent.
scandinavians are pretty fluent in english as it is, and from what I’ve observed their actors nail accents almost by default.
@Tiny Martian: Worked with a Norwegian years ago, and as she told me back then because of the language similarities of Sweden, Norway and Denmark learning one and another are not hard to do. Her words back then not mine.
She is just saying, what other actresses have said way before she came to the public eye, and I am not sure if she is in the public eye, do a run down to see how many people pick her out of a line up. So, nothing new here. She (as we say back home) did not event Coca Cola with her words.
Danish has may similarities with Norwegian,not so many with Swedish.She did a great job in A Royal Affair. Her British is pretty amazing too.
Marion Cotillard learnt to speak polish for The Immigrant. There’s nothing groundbreaking here.
Being multilingual doesn’t turn her into a natural talented actress. I speak many languages but I cannot act. She’s an ok actor, Alicia, but nothing extraordinary IMO. I was just watching Suffragette trailer and Carey Mulligan is bringing it. Carey has something Alicia doesn’t, the IT factor. Alicia has a long road ahead and a little bit of humbleness would not do her any harm.
@Claire Carey Mulligan? LOL She’s a good actress,but she has not charisma. And yes,Vikander is better than Mulligan.
She is better than Jessica.
Jessica Chastain is a phenomenal actress, and she brings her calibre to the table. Alici need more work to do. Carey Mulligan can act her sock off with perfection, Alicia is still young, wait”….. So is Carey mulligan. She is just the “it girl” at the moment. @noah, are you Swedish.? If you are I am surprised you will have love for your Homegirl “twinkle toes”, anyway no hate on Alicia except her attitude. @clair, thank you for agreeing with me
No she is not.
No one has to be liked by everyone, but I don’t get what is so offensive about her or this particular interview? Why does she have to stop talking? Comments like yours should be reserved Duggar or Kardashian stupidity, not someone like Alicia whose interviews are otherwise pretty harmless.
I don’t read those post. Reality stars or whatever they call themselves do not interested me.
I wouldn’t do a plunging neckline if my chest area looked like a teenage boy’s pecs.
I get a very thirsty vibe from Alicia Vikander.
Meanwhile, is her PR team working over time or what?. The thing is, I have seen Royal Affair, Ex Machina and yet, I’m STILL wondering what all the hype is about.
I’ve yet to be wowed by Vikander’s acting or Vikander herself. The woman has zero charisma.
Why does it bug people so much that she actually says she wants to be famous? So we want actresses to be humble, but them rip them apart for being aw-shucks fake. And then this one actually wants it, and that’s bad too? Basically we expect actresses to say the perfect thing in the perfect way?
There is nothing wrong with being confident in your craft. I respect that Alicia is owning up to the fact that she wants to be well known, but being pretentious and arrogant is not going to get there. Yes, she is a good actress, but is there something wrong with being grateful with what you have at this point? You are famous and you will be more famous it you are just thankful. And secondly, since she Michael Fassbender’s girlfriend (in this case is cling on) I would assume that she would learn a few pointers from him on not to brag about how your movies are going to “Oscar Worthy” or you are want Jennifer Lawrence films and how you admired JLaw, and so forth. Instead of being compared or wanting to be well known, how about being well respected and being a critically acclaimed actress who is loves her work and not so much fame and fortune. And what is wrong with being HUMBLE?
Are we reading the same interviews? Actually stating that she hopes her films will be represented at the Oscars doesn’t make her arrogant and pretentious. Sheesh.
@Bridget: I agree with Kiki’s impression of Alicia’s comments. Her confidence lacks humility in my view and, yes, it strikes me as an arrogant sense of entitlement.
@Bridget Yeah,she only said that she’ll have some movies in contention.What’s the big deal? I’ve never thought she’s arrogant. I’ve seen some interviews and she seems very nice.
She’s a young actress in Hollywood. They all get trashed for merely existing, though some more than others.
This.
I love her. I doubt that people would have a problem with her personality if she was a man.
True.
No, pretty sure if a man had said what she said in previous interviews, I would have called him an arrogant douchebag a long time ago. Instead, she gets a “very thirsty and arrogant” from me.
Congratulations. That does not change the fact that people in general find it much easier to accept ambition in men than ambition in women.
I’m so confused how people can say this girl isn’t pretty. She is so naturally beautiful and doesn’t have to wear any make up to be so. The first time I saw an article w her I thought how refreshing to see someone natural who doesn’t seem to feel the need to paint her face or have fake hair be in the spotlight. I loved her in Anna karenina and a royal affair. Not sure why everyone is hating on her looks and talent.
I find her very beautiful as well, but more importantly I find that she has an interesting, intriguing face that holds my attention. A face which I want to keep looking at. And that is something not very many actors have.
Saw Testament of Youth and ExMachina girl is really very pretty and talented. Looking forward to seeing all of her movies. I like her confidence and self assuredness. There’s a reason she has those. Possibly all the positive feedback from her directors and co-workers. Why tear her down for that? I hope she rises to the top. She deserves it.
I think someone is really trying to make her happen, wasn’t she supposed to be the next big thing since Anna Karenina?
Gaah..and somehow the story became all about Kit Harrington…the obsession with him on this site is weird. He always looks like he’s smelling a fart.
My thing is this, she is only 26, right? So how long has she been working? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I am not undermining her, – nor 20 something’s in general to the contrary I wish all of them the best!!! Bring some new ideas into this world, please!!! – but she is in a industry that looks for younger all the time and she looks younger than her age, so you would think that she has a still long road ahead in her career. If you don’t get the roles, figure out how to make the roles, like others have done – I know easier written than done.
I’m just wondering – I know, somewhat morbid on my part – if a lot of older actresses – that say they don’t read here but just might (HI! LADIES!!! 🙂 are side eyeing her remarks going … “young woman, you just got here … let’s sit and talk and let me tell you how it it…. “
I really don’t think she’s going to have a big moment this year. Just because you have a bunch of roles in one year doesn’t guarantee massive success. I saw A Royal Affair and I enjoyed it but she did nothing for me. She was bland and unremarkable; the other leads stood out while she just flowed around. Some actors have one role in a year that puts them on the map and there are some who have 5 and go pretty much unnoticed. I highly doubt she’s “in demand”.
Agree. She thinks its gonna happen. But it wont.
On demand? Jeez! What films does she have to do this year? Because what I know is that she lost her role to Emma Watson in The Circle and on the day they announced this her PR team asked them to tell she was in negotiations to be in Bourne and AC. Yes, AC, produced by her disgusting boyfriend (great actor but he’s old and dates women who look like his daughter LOL). This just happened to show she is in demand but she really isn’t. The truth is that she has NOTHING to 2016 and what will happen is that we’ll see her in AC because of Fassbender’s dick. She’s another Justin Bieber, after a few years she’ll vanish.
She was on Seth myers last night and was very charming and charismatic. Don’t get the hate.
Not gonna happen hon. You are not that interesting to begin with. Reminds Amber Heard to me. Remember how that one was ready to become movie star? Alicia Vikander doesnt have IT. They’ll put her in few movies and then no one will notice or care. People will see movies. But they will not care about her afterwards.
Movie star must be interesting outside movies too. People must care to see their pap pictures, read interviews. I dont care about this Alicia actress at all.
I really like her. In Ex Machina she’s amazing. I also like how she’s self-confident.
I think her PR team needs to tone it down with trying to shove her down our throats as “the next big thing!”…because there really is no proof of that as of yet.
If she wasn’t going out with Fassbender, would people be so critical? I really feel that’s a factor here. And in truth, it’s probably not such a smart move – an industry site posted about her possibly being in Assassin’s Creed and all the comments ragged on her being cast just because her boyfriend is the star/producer.
But it’s SO obvious that she’s in talks for Assassin’s Creed because of the Fass. I mean, Fassbender may not be the ONLY reason but he is the MAIN reason
Yes I know, that’s not what I was saying though. If people think “Fassbender’s girlfriend” before they think “promising young actor” then that’s not actually a good thing for her.
Oh yes! Couldn’t agree more. They don’t talk about their relationship so someone might think that they’re not selling it but they’re EVERYWHERE together and people will think of her as Fassbender’s ex in the future. That’s really bad for her career as an actor
Yes,it’s a great factor.It’s so blatantly clear if you read these comments.
there are the fact that she is dating MF and the other facts:i have read several times in media that she is “the next big thing” and bla bla…. add to that her interviews where she says that she will be at oscars and ready to become famous (no matter the interpretation, people have taken that badly and like that)…. and honestly, she is cold when you look at her (she is rarely smiling for instance and even look sad for me). for the rest, i was looking on other websites (like dailymail) and people don’t care so much about her being with MF…. their photo at grand Prix Monaco was not even commented by people….. i’am not sure the biggest problem is her dating MF
Why are the media suddenly trying to make her happen? She’s plain and boring. Carey Mulligan 2.0.
Except that Mulligan is extremely talented and that is proved judging from her films. Mulligan never used an A-list boyfriend to steal the spotlight and try to come of as interesting. Yes, she is plain and boring and you don’t care about her life but when she acts she’s flawless. In every project she was/is she’s a delight
Sorry but Carey Mulligan is plain and boring. Looks the same in every movie. And always, ALWAYS looks miserable for some reason. They tried to make her happen but public doesnt care. And she kinda vanished for few last years. w
She kinda vanished because she is also a theatre actress and she has a part in a play too. She was in London and now she’s in Broadway. It’s so unfair to say that she’s not around. She’s actually buliding her career step by step. Who tried to make her happen? I mean, really. They “tried” to make her happen just a little bit after Gatsby but that’s normal, Gatsby was huge. Her PR does nothing comparing to Vikander’s.
LV gives her the worst clothes ever LOL Let’s see if her old boyfriend will give her a “strong” role in A. Creed too! And I don’t see her keeping this attention for much longer either, specially because she has NO charisma and NO interesting projects to 2016. She was just lucky to have eight films coming out this year.
I do not know how many times i will read that she is ‘the it girl” or the “net big thing”. Most of people have not even seen one film with her… i have not so i can not judge her acting ability but i have seen an interview and i have stopped to look something else…. she is cold and give me a feeling of boring, sorry…. i have the feeling that to read everywhere “the girlfriend of MF who is the next big thing” is not helping her…. If with media and a famous boyfriend, people are not more interesting, it is not a soo good begin…. we will see next year maybe if she confirms to be great actress