#who: stellan skarsgård

[scenesandscreens]

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

Director - Terry Gilliam, Cinematography - Nicola Pecorini

"We become what we hold on to."

#scenesandscreens #The Man Who Killed Don Quixote #rossy de palma #Hovik Keuchkerian #Jordi Mollà #Óscar Jaenada #jason watkins #Sergi López #stellan skarsgård #olga kurylenko #joana ribeiro #Nicola Pecorini #adam driver #jonathan pryce #terry gilliam

[weird-ass-queer]

#mamma mia #sam carmichael #bill anderson #bill austen #Harry bright #who is the dad #pierce brosnan #stellan skarsgård #Colin firth #sophie sheridan

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#the man who killed don quixote #adam driver #jonathan pryce #stellan skarsgård #olga kurylenko #jason watkins #joana ribeiro #óscar jaenada #terry gilliam #2018

[pulquedeguayaba]

Got reminded of my Letterboxd recap for 2023 and yeah makes sense

#yeah Stellan was my most watched actor and will probably be this uear as well #cos a lot of bangers in a 50 year career so #especially non hollywood films #i didnt know who the director was but i think hes the one from the rurouni kenshin live action movies #those eere funny tho i mostly watched them for saito lol #crimes and drugs being my go to genre lol #letterboxd #stellan skarsgård

[thorinkingoferebor]

another wednesday, another stellar andor episode 😩

#had therapy cancelled this morning cause my counsellor is sick so watched the new episode instead #incredible coping strategy right there #anyway i have so many thoughts! so many thoughts! #need to watch it again tonight #but again the acting! #andy serkis man! #also stellan skarsgård!!!! #pretty sure that scene at the end was the scene everyone was talking about in the reviews #kino loy though :(((((( #hope he jumped in the end :( #better that than the alternative but man the irony of it #that sucked #also i looooove how we're getting closer and closer to rogue one in terms of cassian's characterisation #he's clearly the driving force behind the riot but like rogue one it's all background work #he identifies who he needs to work on to get everyone else on his side and he just does it #even gives him the right words to use because he knows they won't work coming from him but coming from kino? #there's legitimacy there and people follow #(also the rogue one parallel! where he gives jyn the line she later uses with the council! same tactic!) #SO MANY THOUGHTS! #also wondering if dedra and syril will figure out who's behind the prison break next episode? #i really want syril to go full on kirk and go AAAAAAAANNNNDOOOOOOOOR #let the little creep have a mental breakdown as a treat #text posts by thea #thea watches andor

[skeppsbrott]

A good live arrangement of Chess in concert > Kristina från Duvemåla >>>> the full ABBA discography >>>>>>>>>> the Mamma Mia recordings of the selected ABBA discography

#That said Colin Firth PIerce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgård in the Waterloo number does rank pretty high if we're talking individual numbers #Like ABBA made some absolutely stellar pop tunes #But they also made a lot of meh music you just don't remember because who cares #Music tag #Stage tag #Anyway chess is great

[effervescentdragon]

This is a question that has been bothering me for ages and that has sowed discord, much like that Greek apple, amongst all my friends and acquaintances whenever I asked it. It's time to settle this, finally.

Pictures provided in order, for reference:

You have a week, don't fuck it up! Oh, and reblog for science! 😘

#the hottest family out there i fucking swear #stellan skarsgard #alexander skarsgard #bill skarsgård #bill skarsgard #gustaf skarsgard #the skarsgard family #im tagging only the heavy hitters #polls #of vital importance #effervescentdragonrants

[myfavoritelatte]

Also Diego Luna - in his 40s - trying very hard to portray a young, 20-something Cassian AND SUCCEEDING🥺 I loved it so much he really sold the naive and problematic man who, although being a little rough around the edges, will eventually become that man we loved in Rogue One! the acting was so good-especially that scene with Stellan Skarsgård & the scene where Cassian traumatizes Syril

#diego luna #andor #andor spoilers #rogue one #andor series #cassian andor

[brokehorrorfan]

Dune: Part Two will be released on Steelbook 4K Ultra HD, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on May 14 via Warner Bros. The 2024 epic sci-fi sequel will first be available on Digital on April 16.

Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Arrival) directs from a script he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts (Dune, Prometheus), based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem star.

A list of special features - totaling over an hour - can be found below, where you can also see the full Steelbook art.

Special features:

Creating the Fremen World

Chakobsa Training

Finding the Worlds of Dune

Buzz Around the New Thopter

Worm-Riding

Becoming Feyd

A New Set of Threads

Deeper into the Desert: The Sounds of the Dune

Dune: Part Two explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Pre-order Dune: Part Two.

#dune #dune part two #dune: part two #dune part 2 #timothée chalamet #paul atreides #timothee chalamet #steelbook #dvd #gift #frank herbert #denis villeneuve #zendaya #rebecca ferguson #josh brolin

[dalekofchaos]

#Five Nights At Freddy's #FNAF #FNAF Movie #FNAF Movie Sequel #Henry Emily #William Afton #Mike Schmidt

[favescandis]

Stellan Skarsgård on the strike in Hollywood: "Of course we will strike"

The strike in Hollywood also affects Swedish actors. Among others, Malin Barr and Stellan Skarsgård join in solidarity.

- It's damn good, of course we're going to strike!, says Stellan Skarsgård to SVT Kulturnyheterna.

Stellan Skarsgård describes the strike as "expected". He filmed his last scene in an American production at 8pm on Thursday night, shortly before the strike was called.

- It was really on the clock. This will affect the launch, says Stellan Skarsgård, who has several international projects underway.

How does it feel?

- Damn good! Of course we're going to strike! If we don't strike there will be terrible effects, even now the digital possibilities to sample people are terrible. The tech giants want to hire people for a day and then be able to use them in media, in known and unknown universes, forever. It must be stopped. It is about the right to one's own face and to one's own body, he tells SVT Kulturnyheterna.

Criticism of streaming giants

Stellan Skarsgård is particularly critical of Apple, Amazon and Netflix:

- They advocate the gig economy. That there should be total freedom to exploit people as much as you want. Those who own the companies are no longer interested in film, or interested in quality. They are only interested in making money.

via SVT.se Photo by Claudio Breschiani/TT - Google Translate was used for this Swedish article

#Stellan Skarsgård #Stellan Skarsgard #Actors Strike

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Rebecca Ferguson: "I'm done with super power women"

At the same time that Rebecca Ferguson is seen in cinemas in the blockbuster Dune: Part two, she dreams of making small films and acting in theatre. For Gunnar Rehlin, she talks about the sex scenes, the successes - and why there won't be more films with Tom Cruise.

Rebecca Ferguson is tired of playing "super power women".

-I'm good at it, but it's boring, she says.

Therefore, there will be no more impossible missions with Tom Cruise - she was asked to make another film in the series, but declined.

-For the first time I feel like a free agent (a player without a contract with a club, ed. note), she says and laughs.

Instead, she wants to enter the narrow world of cinema.

- And then I want to be on stage. I've never done it, I didn't study acting, I was almost thrown into it. So right now I'm sitting with the freedom, but I don't have any pieces. The other day I read a play for the first time, I haven't done it before.

Rebecca Ferguson wants to make smaller film and theater It might seem a little contradictory that we're sitting at the luxurious Rosewood Hotel in London talking about Rebecca's desire to make smaller, leaner films, as she's currently doing interviews for the mega-budget production Dune: Part Two, with an estimated production cost of over $120 million. This day I meet Rebecca and Stellan Skarsgård, the day after I meet Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh and the director Denis Villeneuve, among others.

But Rebecca's desire to do smaller films seems sincere. She says:

- Just this morning, I received an offer to do a small role in a studio film, for a lot of money. But I don't want to feel like I'm working just for money. I discussed this with my husband. Many people say that you should strike while the iron is hot, but I don't want to. I'm very happy with what I'm doing now, I want to do roles that neither bring me down nor lift me up. I don't care.

Now, this shouldn't be taken as saying she doesn't want to make a third Dune movie. Number two ends with a cliffhanger that points to a sequel.

-I have spoken to Denis about it and I would very much like to do number three, she says.

In the Dune films, a powerful science fiction epic set on distant planets, she plays the mother of Timothee Chalamet's protagonist.

- But I don't just see her as a mother, in Dune: Part Two she is a person who wants to get her way, says Rebecca.

"A lot of talk about the sex scenes" And that is probably something that also characterizes Rebecca Ferguson as a person. She is an extremely nice and spontaneous person, who is really not afraid to speak up when there is something she wants to protest against, but also does not shy away from handing out spontaneous hugs.

She has a very Swedish way of looking at work and its consequences – such as doing nude and sex scenes, something that was plentiful in the TV series The White Queen.

- It's not particularly convenient to do sex scenes, man, I have control over the scenes I do and what I show. This couple that Max Irons and I played in The White Queen had many children, so there was as much battlefield as sex in the series. When I was interviewed in the US, there was a lot of talk about the sex scenes and I said: "How do you make children in the US? This is how it works in Europe". By the way, the series was made in two different versions, there is more sex and nudity in the American one than the one shown in England. Sex sells, that's how it is.

Nowadays, London is both home and the hub of her career. She previously lived in Simrishamn. Her mother, who is from England, had moved here and Rebecca followed. For a while she kept the home in Simrishamn (her former partner Ludwig, with whom she has a son, lives there) parallel to the apartment she got in Richmond.

Began his career in the TV soap "New Times" But let's go even further back in time, when Rebecca lived in Stockholm and her career began, with a role in the TV soap New Times. She says that it was a coincidence that she was cast in the series, that it was because she attended Adolf Fredrik's music school and could sing.

The job with New Times caused her to miss high school. She moved away from home, took different jobs, enrolled in high school later, ended up in the United States where she was in a Swedish-American TV soap.

-Imagine being 17 years old and spending a year in Miami Beach, where the biggest problem was whether it would be the pool or the beach.

After that year, she still wasn't sure what she wanted to do.

- I traveled around, was in Thailand and got a diving certificate and wanted to become a diving instructor. I love the sea, love to dive - even though I suffer from claustrophobia. To swim with fish and to float around...

In 2011, she was back in Sweden and met the director Richard Hobert, who asked if she wanted to be in his upcoming film En enkel till Antibes. In it, Rebecca played a cold-blooded woman trying to trick an aging man, played by Sven-Bertil Taube. The film received good reviews, a foreign agent caught the eye of Rebecca and not too long after that she had auditioned for and landed the lead role in the BBC series The White Queen, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

Saying no to more Mission: Impossible Soon after, she caught the eye of Tom Cruise, which led to a contract for three films in the Mission: Impossible series. Since the third has been split into two films, number two (Mission: Impossible – Dead reckoning part two) will arrive later this year.

But there won't be a fourth film with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, says Rebecca.

- I'm done, I've turned down part four.

What now occupies her most is the TV series Silo, which is filmed in a studio outside London. Rebecca stars in the dystopian sci-fi series about how humanity is forced to live in a large underground silo after the apocalypse. The first season was a great success, now the filming of season two is underway.

A few days before we meet, Rebecca was at the gala premiere of Dune: Part two in Paris. But while Stellan Skarsgård and the others went to the party, Rebecca had to take the train back to London in order to be there early the next morning at the recording.

-I film basically every day, it's a lot of stress. The others from Dune travel the world and do PR. I'm doing New York, I don't have time anymore.

Still getting starstruck Both Dune and Silo are sci-fi, but it's not like it's a genre that's particularly close to her heart. She says she enjoys the complexity of the worlds depicted and that the Dune films made this accessible in a way that the books they're based on couldn't.

- I like imagination, I'm at an age where you no longer fly on broomsticks. I want to go on adventures, and that's more than fantasy and science fiction.

A few years ago, she married Rory St Clair Gainer, with whom she has a daughter. Rebecca is keen to keep the family out of the limelight, although they sometimes accompany the filming around the world. The husband is a businessman and philanthropist.

Rebecca's work includes filming with mega stars such as Tom Cruise, Meryl Street, Hugh Grant and Hugh Jackman. Can Rebecca still be starstruck? Well, she became that, for example, during the filming of Dune: Part two, when an important role was played by the legendary Christopher Walken.

-I sat on my throne, with a cloth over my face, and did not dare to make eye contact with him. How could I dare speak to him? Then someone said he knows a lot about Marlon Brando, so when I got the chance I asked him to tell me about Brando - and he did.

Rebecca's career has long gone straight up. How does she herself view the successes?

- There are people out there who drive around with scripts and go to castings and never get any roles and who are probably better than I am. I don't mean that I'm bad, I work very hard at what I do.

- But I have never seen a future, I have never predicted that it would be a success. I haven't had sharp elbows to make it in Hollywood. I've wanted to do what I'm doing now for a long time, and it feels like such a damn luxury.

Translated from swedish for @rebeccalouisaferguson

#rebecca ferguson #interview #dune interview #mi7 interview #twq interview #miscellaneous

[lilithdahobbit]

Fuck it, more The Magnus Archives fancast...

Tom Sturridge as Gerard Keay

Let. Tom. Grow. Out. His. Hair! He did incredible as Morpheus in Sandman and I just know he could do that miserable monster manual justice.

Éva Magyar as Mary Keay

I'm not too familiar with her acting so I'm going by looks and vibes. She's got the cheekbones.

Lindsay Duncan as Gertrude Robinson

I have a good feeling about her. I only know her from Doctor Who and Sherlock but I feel she looks and could act the part of Gertrude. Put an oversized cardigan on her and a manipulative look in her eye and we've got a Gertrude.

Sam Reid as Michael Shelley

I was conflicted on this as for the longest time Cody Fern was my Michael fancast...but Sam Reid's performance in AMC's Interview with the Vampire changed me (in a lot of ways but anyway). Lestat and Michael tend to fall in the same category in my mind (manic manipulative blondes) and if Sam can play Lestat, he can play Michael. And my god can he play Lestat...

He does need to master the laugh though. It's no Michael without that laugh.

Claudia Doumit as Helen Richardson

Honestly I only know her from The Boys but I feel that she could body Helen. Put her in a pantsuit and we are ready to go spiralling.

Stellan Skarsgård as Jurgen Leitner

Stellan is a powerhouse of an actor and I believe he can do any role he is given justice. Villainous? He can do it to a T. Plus Norwegian and swedish aren't that different. They're neighbors...

Mads Mikkelsen as Peter Lukas

Look I know most people want him as Elias but I see him way more as the recluse, Peter. Just paint him to look a little more pale and you've got it. His voice and demeanor are easily haunting when he wants them to be.

Tom Hardy AND Doug Jones as Jared Hopworth

Ok hear me out, Jared is described as being...well, ever-changing. I think Tom could do the voice (his venom is proof) and he could be the "large man with a handsome face" version of Jared. But Doug can be the more...deformed versions. If you give Doug enough makeup and time to contort himself that man can do anything. Tom would still be the voice due to Doug's being not quite right for Jared. Anyway I love Doug and would cast him in everything if I could.

Anya Taylor Joy as Agnes Montague

She's an incredibly talented actress and she has the deer in headlights eyes like no other. I considered Mia Goth but she just didn't quite fit right. Just put a red wig on her and that's Agnes right there.

Side note: after looking at Doug Jones I've decided this completely fake adaptation would be directed by Guillermo Del Toro.

#tma headcanons #tma #tma fancast #rusty quill tma #rusty quill #the magnus archives fancast #the magnus archives #michael shelley #gerard keay #jurgen leitner #peter lukas #agnes montague #fancast #tma helen

[eachlittlebird]

Luthen’s back room laughter at the end of episode 6 was another brilliant moment of acting by Stellan Skarsgård. That was profound relief, the physical release of extreme anxiety - in the weird, complex way of human beings - through laughter.

I’ve seen some bad hot takes claiming that it’s evidence that Luthen doesn’t care about the team and what casualties they may have suffered. To that I say, give him a minute. That laughter was a spontaneous expression of his relief at hearing the first news that the heist had, to some measure, succeeded. Against all the odds, in the face of all the risks - which he well knew, as he expressed to Vel - the Empire had been dealt a significant blow.

If you’ll notice, his expression becomes much more sober at the end of the scene: now he can consider the costs. But for one sweet moment all that mattered was that his long, agonizing wait for news was over, and the news was good. And for anyone who’s ever experienced severe anxiety, that was very relatable and very human.

#Luthen Rael #Andor #Andor spoilers #Stellan Skarsgård

[adamwatchesmovies]

Dune (2021)

Even upon a rewatch, 2021’s Dune: Part One is spectacular. The memorable, foreboding score by Hans Zimmer, the costumes that bring this world to life, the scale of the action and the unique sets, ship & weapon designs all come together to complement a story of mythical scale. After seeing this film, two thoughts start competing for your brain’s attention. 1) If Frank Herbert’s Dune was adapted this successfully, then no work is unfilmable and 2) the sequel can’t come soon enough.

In 10191, the universe is ruled by an Emperor who assigns the exploitation of planets to powerful ruling houses. Interstellar travel is possible through “spice” a substance found exclusively on the harsh desert planet of Arrakis. For 80 years, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård) and his house have overseen the harvest of spice. Now, Duke Leto I (Oscar Isaac) of House Atreides is the new steward of Arrakis but only for as long as the flow of spice continues. This shift puts House Atreides, particularly the Duke’s son, Paul (Timothy Chalamet), in danger.

At 155 minutes, you’d think this movie would feel long, but it doesn’t. One of the reasons is that there’s a lot within to keep your mind busy. What’s a Freman? What’s a Kwisatz Haderach? What’s “the voice”? If director Denis Villeneuve tried to cram this story into 90, or even 120 minutes, it would move so quickly that all these questions would leave you in the dusty sands of Arrakis (that’s the planet, right?). By taking its time while moving at a good pace the film allows you - in time - to answer all of your questions. Since you understand what’s happening, you’re engaged. It helps that if you can’t remember what each name means, the visuals pick up the ball. The grotesque, scheming Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is clearly a villain. It's particularly obvious once you see his nephew, the psychotic and childish Glossu Rabban (Dave Bautista). You know you can’t trust the Bene Gesserit because their leader, Reverend Mother Mohiam (Charlotte Rampling) makes Paul take a painful, life-threatening test to prove he isn’t a threat himself. These are only a few of the many examples I could choose and they show how the story is both complex and easily digestible.

Even without the gripping story filled with backstabbings, political intrigue, violence, quests for revenge and harrowing struggles for survival, Dune would still have you tightly in its grip. Throughout, Paul’s psychic abilities give him visions. They foretell the future… sort of. They give hints of what’s coming but hints are not the same as clear answers. These all tie to this planet he’s on; a world that doesn’t end where the screen does. The details in the dialogue, sets and costumes make you wish the Harkonnens would just chill, and save their grudge for later. This way, you’d have time to see House Atreides befriend the Fremen and familiarize themselves with their customs.

There’s so much happening in this film that some of it you won’t “get” until later. For example, the early assassination attempt on Paul’s life. The would-be killer? A Harkonnen cutthroat, hidden in a bedroom wall. What kind of wealth, power and/or terrifying influence could persuade someone to take on that sort of assignment, knowing they would have to wait in darkness for weeks, slowly starving to death, just to kill a boy?

The passion within Dune is as clear as its ambition. You’re only getting half of a movie with it, but this choice feels like a necessity, rather than a Breaking Dawn-type of cash-grab or an attempt to start another franchise for a money-hungry studio. It certainly doesn’t feel presumptuous. Everything we see feels important; like it’s building up to not just one, but many bigger character arcs in a world that contains hundreds of stories. You know the threads that are left hanging will be tied up - that’s the kind of confidence all of the artists at work instill in you. Dune/Dune: Part One is a film that’s going to be remembered. (March 1, 2024)

#Dune #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Dune: Part 1 #Denis Villeneuve #Jon Spaihts #Eric Roth #Timothee Chalamet #Rbecca Ferguson #Oscar Isaac #Josh Brolin #Stellan Skarsgard #Dave Bautista #stephen mckinley henderson #Zendaya #Chang Chen #Sharon Duncan-Brewster #Charlotte Rampling #Jason Momoa #Javier Bardem #2021 movies #2021 films

[lorddoom01]

I have learned Stellan Skarsgård has appeared in Star Wars before. In the Star Wars Holiday Special. As the MAN WHO SOLD VR PORN TO CHEWIE'S FATHER!

I do not know what to do with this knowledge.

#star wars #star wars andor #andor #star wars holiday special #luthen rael #stellan skarsgard