Stellan Skarsgard

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q208667: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (12 films) instead.

Draws on

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No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (15) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Stellan Skarsgard → Thor: The Dark World. Skarsgard is naked in more movies than clothed; he must have negotiated a nude scene in his Marvel deal.
    “Scott Scarsgard is naked in more movies than he's clothed.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:32:27 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Stellan Skarsgard → Nymphomaniac. American films use Skarsgard as a goofy side dish while in Sweden and Europe he is the transgressive art-house king and Lars von Trier's regular.
    “in Sweden, he's like the most like transgressive, like penis wagging, hyper violent sexual actor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:49:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Stellan Skarsgard → Insomnia. Skarsgard plays the Pacino part in the Norwegian original of Insomnia.
    “he plays the Pacino part in the original insomnia.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:50:03 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Stellan Skarsgard → Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Skarsgard is endearingly game in the Mamma Mia movies; the sequel has an unexplained fat-suit gag.
    “He's so fun in the Mama Mia movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:54:58 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (casting rationale): David Fincher → Stellan Skarsgard. Fincher cast Skarsgard as the villain because he is the most relaxed, comfortable man, which makes viewers rethink evil.
    “Stone Scarsgard is the most relaxed person on earth.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:06:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Stellan Skarsgard → Vladimir Kulich. McTiernan wanted Stellan Skarsgard for Kulich's part; Disney and Crichton did not.
    “They wanted Stellen Scarsgard to play his part, which makes perfect sense”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:03:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Stellan Skarsgard: Fincher on the commentary: he cast Skarsgard as the villain because the most relaxed, comfortable man makes viewers re-question evil.
    “Stone Scarsgard is the most relaxed person on earth.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:06:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Stellan Skarsgard: Fincher on the commentary: the dinner scene works because Martin weaponizes politeness against Blomkvist.
    “But the difference is that Scarsgard is basically weaponizing politeness against him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:05:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Stellan Skarsgard: In the Greenwich scene, Selvig is naked again in the no-pants zone; the speakers joke he must have written a nude clause into his Marvel deal.
    “Do you think when he signed his Marvel deal?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:32:32 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Stellan Skarsgard: A long running bit: the hosts hunt the internet for Skarsgard nudity, ending on a site they say tells you which minute to watch of each movie, and an unused plan to have listeners tweet at Ben.
    “Hey, if you can find the pean, hashtag, uh, find the pean for Ben.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:17:40 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)