Alexander Skarsgård is holding back on his vanity in "True Blood*- Translation

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One can not "act sexy" Alexander Skarsgård is holding back on his vanity in "True Blood

HOLLYWOOD. True Blood starts airing this Wednesday in SVT (Swedish Television).
The series has made Alexander Skarsgård into a sex symbol in the US. Swedish newspaper Nöjesbladet got to talk to Alexander in Hollywood.- My parents complain about there not being enough nuditity in the series, he says. This is the complete opposite against what the reactions has been in the US, where people has payed a lot of attention to the nudity.Alexander's statement makes his colleague, Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette Reynolds) jump.

- Really? Wow.Alexander explains: - Both my parents were hippies.Ellis doesn't look satisfied with that explaination.- You know, my father works in Europe. He is raised in another culture. He was alwaysvery upset when they censored nudity but not when people got their throats cut openwith blood squirting. It was OK for a kid to see that, but not a breast.- Now he just says -"Finally!" *laughs*. That's how we are created. It is beautiful.What's wrong with that?

Everyone hoping to see the younger generation Skarsgård(33 next Tuesday)undressed has to wait. He only appears in seven episodes the first season (the one Swedish TV starts airing next Wednesday). His character, Scandinavian vampire Eric Northman, doesn't really blossom until season two.

- In the beginning I'm mostly an evil vampire leader who tells people what they are supposed to do. Season two is more about him as a person. I'm happy about that. After the first one people said: "Oh, you are the mean guy, the evil vampire". But It's not that black and white for me. Season two shows many different sides of Eric.

Falls in love with a vampire "True Blood" is the story about Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a waitress in Louisiana whose life is turned upside-down when she falls in love with the vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer).Alexander, who has been voted Sweden's sexiest man, is about to get the same title in the US.He's already at the top in a poll in Entertainment Weekly magazine.

"Can not act sexy"He denies that he tries to be sexy in True Blood. - One can not "act sexy", he says. That would be ridiculous. If you think like that when you're acting you will only be distracted.- I hate vain actors. You just have to try to be present in the moment. You can't be thinking about what your hair looks like.

Magnus Sundholm (Aftonbladet Aug 23, 2009.)
Original article in Swedish: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article5680880.ab
(Text underneath the pic: "I like the old vampire movies, like "Nosferatu" starring Klaus Kinski", says Alexander Skarsgård.)

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article5680880.ab