About this episode
Stellan Skarsgård discusses his extensive acting career and his latest role in Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value'.
Stellan Skarsgård is a celebrated Swedish actor whose career spans more than five decades across European and Hollywood cinema. He first gained attention in Scandinavia before becoming an international screen presence in films such as " Breaking the Waves" and " Good Will Hunting." He went on to deliver acclaimed performances in movies like " The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "Dune," " Dune Part 2," and television series like " Andor" and "Chernobyl." In his latest, Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value," Skarsgård gifts us with perhaps his most robust and richest work in the form of Gustav, a once-prominent filmmaker struggling to mend fractured ties with his daughters. On this episode, he details the environment Trier created, through love, attention, and enthusiasm, that laid the tracks for that work to travel. He talks about the importance of "sabotaging your tools," why he's careful not to infect a director's vision, the emotional agility necessary for working with David Fincher, why relief from being an "acting addict" doesn't interest him, and much more! Back To One is the in-depth, no-nonsense, actors-on-acting podcast from Filmmaker Magazine . In each episode, host Peter…
People in this episode
Host: Peter Rinaldi
Guest: Stellan Skarsgård
Topics covered
- acting process
- film industry
- interview
- performance analysis
- actor's craft
Keywords
- Stellan Skarsgård
- acting
- film
- interview
- Joachim Trier
- performance
- Dune
- Chernobyl
- Good Will Hunting
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Breaking the Waves, Good Will Hunting, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Dune, Dune Part 2, Andor, Chernobyl, Sentimental Value
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