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Stellan Skarsgård Discloses 2022 Stroke and Teases Awards Rivalry With Son Alexander

He says he kept working after the stroke by finishing Andor with a cue in his ear.

Overview

  • Skarsgård says he completed Andor Season 2 and Dune: Part Two following the 2022 health scare, crediting supportive calls with Tony Gilroy and Denis Villeneuve from the hospital.
  • He describes using an earwig that fed cues quickly and without emotion to maintain his performance rhythm.
  • The actor, 74, is earning strong notices for Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, which he is promoting in the new Actors on Actors conversation.
  • Alexander Skarsgård’s Pillion is drawing raves, and both men were recent Gotham Award nominees in the supporting category, which this year went to Wunmi Mosaku.
  • In the interview the pair trade affectionate jabs about a father–son “rivalry,” and revisit Alexander’s decision as a teen to leave acting for Sweden’s military.