20+ Facts about the famous Skarsgård family of actors

What is the connection between the clown Pennywise, the Viking warrior Floki, Tarzan and the pirate Bill Turner? All the actors who bring these characters to life on the big screen are part of the same family. And those aren’t all her members, after all, patriarch Stellan Skarsgård has 8 children, and 4 of them are actors. Although not everyone has the same popularity, it is quite likely that you have already seen at least one movie with one of the members of this true movie clan.

O awesome.club gathered the most interesting facts about this famous Swedish family and is ready to share them with you. Check out!

It was the clan founder and father of Stellan Skarsgård, Jan, who created this surname. In Sweden in the 1940s there were many people with the same surnames: many Nilssons, Johnsons, Johanssens and Svensens. Because of this, the government encouraged the creation of new surnames, and young Jan was not left out, adopting Skarsgård, thus being the first member of the family.

Everyone in the family is very tall. The average height of the Skarsgård brothers is around 190 cm.

All the brothers performed for the first time under the age of 10.

In Hollywood, the Skarsgårds are called the “Swedish Baldwins”, alluding to another famous acting family, the Baldwins.

As the children grew up, the atmosphere at home was always very liberal. The grandparents, as well as the uncles and aunts of the little ones lived close by, the doors of the house were always open, and on any given night there could be a dinner with up to 15 guests. However, the most curious fact is: the patriarch of the family, Stellan, was often in the habit of walking around the house naked.

The patriarch of Sweden’s most famous acting family has starred in more than 60 films, best known for his role as Bill Turner in the film franchise. Pirates of the Caribbean and like Boris Shcherbina in the series Chernobyl.

His father, Jan Skarsgård, was a theater director, which ultimately influenced Stellan’s decision to become an actor.

Most of her roles were for Swedish television. And in part, his role as Bombi Bitt on a local children’s show was responsible for bringing him fame.

Stellan acknowledges that he never tried to impose anything on the children or insist that they continue the family’s artistic dynasty, stating, “I just wanted to raise them to be decent people, and I tried to show them that in order to live a full life, the main thing is not to become selfish, but be helpful to friends and family.”

Actors Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly decided to name their son Stellan after Skarsgård.

The actor believes that children should not be lied to, and it is only through the truth that true bonds of trust can be created in the family. Once, one of his children, at the time just 3 years old, was upset by the fact that in kindergarten other children claimed that Santa Claus existed, and that this was a sign that their parents had lied to them. Stellan then explained to him that sometimes people lie and that the world works like that, and that he would have to learn to deal with it.

The actor has only one daughter, Eija. She is a model, and also famous on social media as a public figure. When she was just 2 ½ years old, she got into a fight with one of her brothers and ran to her father, asking him to write a warning that girls are always right. He wrote it down and pinned it to the kitchen wall, where it has been since. Pictured below are her and her younger brother, which we’ll talk about later.

Stellan takes a different approach when it comes to raising children. For him, all children from the age of 16 must make their own decisions for themselves, and the parents’ task is only to allow them to do so. Otherwise, they will either live at the expense of their parents or accuse them of having ruined their lives.

Their third son, Sam, did some acting during his childhood, but chose not to develop his career. He is the only man in the family who followed in his mother’s footsteps (Stellan’s first wife) and became a doctor.

Stellan has 2 more children from her second marriage: Ossian, 10, and Kolbjörn, 7. As they grow, everyone is waiting to see if the little ones will carry on the family’s artistic tradition.

The eldest son of the family started acting in childhood, when he was 8 years old. However, he only became known around the world years later, thanks to his role as vampire Eric Northman in the American series. True Blood🇧🇷 Alexander also participated in other famous productions, such as in the films The Legend of Tarzan and also in Melancholythis one from renowned director Lars von Trier, and in the recent series Big Little Lies, like an insane and abusive husband.

Alexander Skarsgård was considered Sweden’s most attractive man for 5 years in a row.

In 2013 he took part in an expedition to the South Pole together with Prince Harry as part of a charity event.

All representatives of this family of actors at some point in their lives have participated in the recording of a music video. Alexander, for example, has acted for music videos for the band Cut Copy and the singer Lady Gaga.

He admitted that there is a certain rivalry between the brothers, but that it works more as a mutual support than real competition.

Her bird-shaped tattoo on her leg was designed by her brother Vernon, who was just 7 years old at the time. Alexander photographed the design and decided to get a tattoo with it. When he showed it to his little brother, hoping to make him surprised and excited, the boy just laughed and asked, “Why did you do that?”

Fans call him Askars, or sometimes even Skardigans, because he loves wearing cardigans.

In addition to being an actor, he is a fan and supporter of the Swedish football team Hammarby. A somewhat embarrassing moment occurred in Stockholm, when Alexander was watching a match for his favorite team and couldn’t “contain his fan emotions”. The video had over half a million views, quickly going viral, causing the actor to fear losing his lead role in the film. The Legend of Tarzan🇧🇷 However, the video ended up having a positive effect on the actor, as production company Warner Bros. not only did he continue with his contract, but he understood that the “brute” man in the video in the stadium corresponds to the characteristics necessary to act in the character of the film.

When he was 19 years old, the young actor enlisted to serve in the Swedish Navy. He served on a base in the counter-terrorism and counter-attack divisions.

The actor recognizes that sometimes he gets so much into the character that he comes to resemble a case of “imposter syndrome”: “I felt it in the recordings of The Legend of Tarzan🇧🇷 I would sit in the studio and think to myself that the director would come and tell me to go home, leaving only the actor who would play in the film.”

Stellan’s second son plays the beloved, and a little wacky, Floki on the show. vikings🇧🇷

Gustaf remembers that he already dreamed of being an actor as a child, but at the time more because of the fact that in the recording studio there were a lot of sweets, which attracted his attention to the profession even more. About his career, he also admits that he did not expect fame, and planned to act only in theaters in the Stockholm region. His dream character is Hamlet, and he was able to fulfill that dream on the theater stage. “I know it’s a bit ‘cliche’, but if I may, this is the most difficult, controversial and at the same time human character ever created.” Gustaf said that sometimes he and his brothers, as a joke, check out who is leading the popularity rating on IMDb.

At the age of 29 Bill has already become a star, having started to become known worldwide from his performance in the American series Hemlock Grovein 2013. Recently, he’s been bringing the terrifying clown Pennywise to life on the big screen in It: The Thing and also in the continuation of this film.

His acting career started when he was 10 years old, acting in the Swedish film Järngänget. Interestingly, his brother Alexander also acted in this film, in the lead role. However, during his teenage years, Bill thought about quitting this career, as the idea of ​​becoming the fourth actor in the Skarsgård family did not appeal to him very much. And in his last years of high school he started to choose exact and biological subjects, thinking about maybe becoming a doctor. But luckily, he reconsidered and decided to continue following the family tradition.

To perfectly suit the character of Pennywise, Bill has studied the behavior of wild animals through documentaries. “When I was working on the character, I was sure the clown had some hyena- and bear-like movements.

Bill was inspired by his younger brother Ossian to develop the clown’s way of running. “Nowadays he is 10 years old, but when he was 4 or 5 he ran around awkwardly. A running child’s movements are always a little messy and funny to watch. And when a person my size tries to imitate those same movements it looks very strange and scary. That’s exactly how Pennywise runs.”

The actor does not have a fixed home or even a car. He lives with his bags packed and traveling all the time. And, following the traditions of the Skarsgård family, he often organizes large parties.

It: The Thing is not Bill’s only contact with the works of Stephen King. He also acts as one of the main actors in the series. castle rockwhich brings together several characters and plots from other works by the author, such as The thing🇧🇷 The Dream Catcher🇧🇷 Waiting for a miracle and Anguish🇧🇷

According to Bill, most of the time he and the child actors in It: The Thing They kept their distance before the recordings to keep the tension in relation to the clown’s appearance and for the reactions to it to be as truthful as possible. Although the young actors saw Bill Skarsgård during the script reading, their horror reactions remained fairly honest.

The actor has a slight squint. If he relaxes his muscles, his left eye takes on an artificial tone, even looking like glass. He immediately thought of turning this to an advantage for his performance as Pennywise, and you can see that the clown’s eyes focus in different directions. This is without taking into account the iconic smile performed by the actor as a clown, which by the way is not a special effect.

Bill confessed that during the recording of It: The Thing he…