We would not have guessed it years ago, but, recently, the Viking species has seen an uprising. Between extremely popular Vikings series from the History Channelon the Netflix spinoff, along with How to train your dragon, The Last Kingdom and Thor movies, there have been many successful real estate inspired by Scandinavian sailors. And this weekend, Alexander Skarsgård starred as the Viking Warrior Prince The Northwhich differs from other films of the genre.
The North is an A24 film by writer / director Robert Eggers, which previously made it a hit with critics. The witch and The lighthouse. While Skarsgård was talking about his latest film, he shared the story behind the film with these words:
How this idea was born basically about 10 years ago I started thinking like I have never seen a historically accurate depiction of the Viking era. I have never seen a great, epic Viking adventure film based on the old Icelandic epic that captures the laconic tone that is really harsh, just like the landscape. It started to penetrate my head about why I had never really seen it.
Alexander Skarsgård, who is a producer on The North (and torn seriously to play the lead role) he said Slash Film that a decade ago he had ambitions to see the Viking Age depicted in a historically accurate way, but he had never seen it completed. Skarsgård was born in Sweden, which makes his ancestors perhaps directly aligned with the Vikings.
Of course, his father is Stellan Skarsgård, who coincidentally starred in two of the Thor movie theater. The younger Skarsgård talked about the difference between The North and illustrations of Marvel’s Scandinavian mythology:
I think “Thor” movies are great and obviously need a lot of creative freedom. They are very inspired by many of the old epics and have elements of them, but they have been transformed into something else. I think it’s a lot of fun. Τάικα [Waititi] is a dear friend of mine, he did an amazing job in the movie “Thor”. I loved it, I thought it was extremely funny, but I still wondered why there had never been a more realistic or more down-to-earth Viking movie.
The North has an incredible cast including Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe and Björk. The film was born out of Alexander Skarsgρrd’s own desire to make a film about the Vikings, which later turned into a discussion with Robert Eggers, who co-wrote and directed it. The movie is one an action epic that serves as a story of revenge for a Viking prince seeking justice for the murder of his father.
Thor, on the other hand, relies on Scandinavian mythology and Marvel comics, making it much brighter than its dirty and relentless world. The North. Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder will be back this summer with Thor: Love and Thunder.
The film has won rave reviews from critics Overall, with CinemaBlend also making a great movie 4.5 out of 5 stars in our review. Eric Eisenberg himself of the site called the film “hypnotic” and “special” when he described his experience with the film. The film reached box office No. 4 in its first weekend, grossing $ 12 million. It is a special film, a film that has become even more unique because of its fidelity to Viking culture.
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